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Columnists • Mark my words

You might get a laugh out of this

June 28, 2024

by Fr. Mark Goldasich

This summer, find plenty of reasons to laugh — long and from the heart!

Vatican

Creation is God’s gift for humanity to steward, not prey upon, pope says

June 27, 2024

by CNS

Being obedient to God's commandment and spirit of love can radically change attitudes and actions to convert people from "predators" of natural resources to "tillers" of God's great garden of planet Earth, Pope Francis said.

Vatican

Pope launches project to get Vatican to run solely on solar power

June 26, 2024

Pope Francis appointed two special commissioners to start work on building an agrivoltaic system on a Vatican property outside of Rome that could supply the whole of Vatican City's energy needs.

Catholic groups share guides for bringing faith to the ballot box this November

June 25, 2024

As Americans prepare for the November elections, some Catholic groups are circulating checklists designed to help voters discern their choices at the ballot box.

Banning smartphones in school is the smart move, say these Catholic schools

June 24, 2024

After St. Mary's High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, launched its inaugural school year in 1885 — staffed by the Sisters of Loretto and planted on the front range of the Rockies under Pikes Peak — generations have passed...

Nation • Vatican

New study says 69% of Massgoers believe in Real Presence; measuring belief called tricky task

June 21, 2024

A new study suggests that Catholic belief in the Real Presence may be higher than previous data indicated — but measuring that belief accurately remains a tricky task for researchers.

Comic book tells story of Buffalo priest up for sainthood and beloved for his work with poor

June 20, 2024

Tom Lucia, the chief creative officer of OLV Charities, still has his 1980s Marvel comic books celebrating the lives of St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Kolkata. So coming up with one to help promote the sainthood cause of...

Graduate of Catholic high school in Baltimore Archdiocese hurdles toward Olympic dream

June 19, 2024

Dylan Beard says his Olympic dreams "start with God and stay with God." Those Olympic dreams, which started in the Archdiocese of Baltimore at Archbishop Spalding High School, are just a couple races away from fruition.

4 archdioceses celebrate biggest ordination classes in years with joy, prayer, packed churches

June 18, 2024