"For we are the aroma of Christ to God" By Anthony Esolen * "Raising of Lazarus" by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA I have long felt that the parable of the vineyard in Isaiah led up to an anticlimax, at least as it is rendered in English. The owner [...]
As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI tried to remind us in 2018, "The state of Israel cannot be regarded as the fulfillment of God's promise of land" By Matthew Tsakanikas, STD* The Church's closeness to Palestinian Christian communities: Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass in Bethlehem in 2014 in Manger Square. Behind him, a giant image of [...]
By The Frassati Fellowship, New York City St. Pier Giorgio Frassati is a saint for the modern world, and especially for young people. Born in 1901 in Turin, Italy, his time on earth was short—only 24 years—but he filled it passionately with holy living. Pier Giorgio was a model of virtue, a “man of the beatitudes,” [...]
We, too, can make our lives “masterpieces of holiness” like theirs, the Pope tells 80,000 faithful in St. Peter’s By Vatican News Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday, September 7, for the Mass with the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. On the facade of the Basilica are two tapestries depicting the new saints. [...]
A successful executive retires...and then finds new purpose By Robert Moynihan Cincinnati’s Corryville Catholic School was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur in 1877. “The downfall of society stems from a disregard for children. Many parents seek the preservation of their estates, but not the preservation of the souls of those [...]
Lesser-known stories of American cardinals at papal conclaves — before electing one of them Pope was imaginable By Donald McClarey* With the election of the first American-born cardinal, Robert Prevost, as Pope Leo XIV, the Church enters a new era. Yet American cardinals have been part of the papal conclaves since the dawn of the 20th [...]
The modern papacy is actually a product of centuries of change By Darrick Taylor, Ph.D.* Pope Leo XIII (r. 1873 to 1903) addressed the great social questions of his time in a series of encyclicals. Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name as a nod to Leo XIII The election of Pope Leo [...]
His past remarks as a priest and bishop reveal a few insights into the thought of our new Augustinian Pope By ITV staff Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, made a rather rare appearance before the media last year during the 2024 Synod on Synodality (photo: Vatican News) Pope Leo XIV does not [...]
"Communion is built 'on our knees,' with prayer and commitment to conversion" Pope Leo greets the crowd in front of the St. John Lateran Basilica, the cathedral of the See of Rome. Above the larger window is a symbol of the Pope, designated by the crossed “keys to the kingdom,” as Bishop of Rome [...]
"Bob" Prevost, native Chicagoan and youngest son of parents of mixed Old-world and New-world descent, knew his vocation from youth By ITV staff Robert Prevost, left, and his brothers John and Louis pose with their mother in this undated photo. (Courtesy John Prevost) Pope Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the [...]
