ANNABA, Algeria — Pope Leo XIV traveled Tuesday from Algiers to Annaba — ancient Hippo — in what for the Augustinian pontiff amounted to a return to the roots of his faith and vocation. After a flight of about an hour, Leo arrived in the city most closely associated with St. Augustine, who served as…
“Endowed by Their Creator: Catholicism, the Declaration of Independence, and the American Experiment at 250” was the subject of a conference this month at The Catholic University of America (CUA) featuring a bevy of Catholic academics, jurists, and public intellectuals. Co-hosted by CUAʼs Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Carroll Forum…
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Catholics across the United States are once again invited to support the annual Catholic Home Missions Appeal, with most dioceses scheduled to take up the collection the weekend of April 25–26. The nationwide effort provides essential financial assistance for dioceses and eparchies that are unable to sustain core pastoral and evangelizing ministries on their own…
The Polish Bishops’ Conference is working with national authorities to prepare an action plan for potential armed conflict, reflecting growing security concerns in the region. The initiative follows discussions held during the 404th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. On March 17, Poland Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and…
“If you have tears to shed, prepare to do so now.” This was the inscription I used to write whenever I gave a copy of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair to anyone as a gift. Perhaps I did it because, upon first reading Greene’s final text of his so-called Catholic teratology, whose other…
It was only a matter of time. It was only a matter of time before President Donald J. Trump exploded at Pope Leo XIV. Unfortunately, Trump seems to eventually explode at most people critical of him or his policies. It’s a lamentable character trait. You may have noticed that since Trump entered the political scene…
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Vice President JD Vance on Monday defended President Donald Trumpʼs decision to post and later delete an AI-generated image that critics said depicted the president as Jesus Christ, calling it a joke that people misunderstood. “I think the president was posting a joke and, of course, he took it down because he recognized that a…
