Catholic News
Sifting Sin: Lessons from a Sandbox and a 4-year-old
COMMENTARY: A simple afternoon of sifting sand becomes a reflection on how sin slips quietly into the soul — and how grace restores what was lost. Sixteen years ago, when our first grandchild was a toddler, I set up a sandbox in our backyard so that visits to our house
Is the Culture of Death Committing Suicide?
From Iceland to the wider West, falling birthrates and the elimination of the ‘unfit’ reveal a civilization undermining its own future. If you give the devil enough rope, he’ll hang himself. This is true but it’s not the whole truth. The problem is that he’ll hang you first. The devil
Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood’s procession excluded them
MONTORO, Spain — One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain, whose Easter-time festivities dating back centuries are among the most fervently celebrated in the world. The exclusion is the exception in the Catholic processions that have been unfolding across
The Lord’s Descent into Hell
What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages. God has
What’s Driving the Easter Convert Surge?
[embedded content] This Holy Week edition of The Prayerful Posse dives into the global surge in Catholic converts—and why so many young people are returning to the Church. Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal explore the cultural forces behind this revival and whether the Church can sustain it.
PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Carries the Cross at the Via Crucis in the Colosseum
The Pope personally carried the cross through every station of the Good Friday Way of the Cross at the Colosseum. Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to “live our lives as a journey” and prayed for the Church to “follow in the footprints” of Christ as he walked the Via