What Is Spiritual Reading? Spiritual reading consists of reading something that explains some aspect of Catholic truth in an attractive, enriching way. Its function is to help reinforce and deepen...
I might as well admit something about prayer from the very start: sometimes when I read a formal prayer, from memory or with a prayer book, I find my mind wandering. Somehow, I can’t always keep my...
I was sitting on the soft, green grass at my parents’ lake home in rural Minnesota admiring all of creation. The weather was lovely on that bright summer afternoon when my husband of fifteen years...
I am deeply saddened by the news that is emerging concerning Father Anthony Odiong, a priest of the Diocese of Uyo, Nigeria, who previously served in the Diocese of Austin. I remain committed to...
Daniel Ibañez
Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025.
Hospital officials said on Saturday that the...
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in a March 20, 2025, EWTN News interview shares how his family and Catholic faith have sustained him during his...
Genuflection before the Blessed Sacrament.
‘When we come into church, we look for the tabernacle, where the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament...
On Sunday Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks, coming to the balcony of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to wave and give a blessing to believers who had gathered below.
Pope Francis’s medical team has announced that after five weeks of hospitalization and two brushes with death, he will be discharged Sunday, but must continue to rest and undergo his various...
As Pope Francis marks five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, doctors have said he continues to improve but have not yet given an expected discharge date, while top aides have said a ‘new phase’ of...