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‘Sifting Sand’
COMMENTARY: A simple afternoon of sifting sand becomes a reflection on how sin slips quietly into the soul — and how grace restores what was...
Giotto di Bondone, “Massacre of the Innocents,” ca. 1304-1306, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy
From Iceland to the wider West, falling birthrates and the...
Pope Leo XIV carries the cross during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026.
The Pope personally carried the cross through every...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Ash Wednesday 2026: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2026, like in...
the Chrism Mass is a real, “For you, I am a bishop; with you, I am a Christian,” moment for any pastor of any diocesan flock, one not lost on Leo XIV in his first celebration of the Mass as leader of...
On Good Friday, Pope Leo XIV held phone conversations with the presidents of Israel and Ukraine, stressing the need to pursue paths of peaceful dialogue to end the conflicts ravaging each nation.