Above: Basilica of St. Mary of Mount Berico. Six hundred years ago, on March 7, 1426, on Monte Berico in Vicenza, northern Italy, an event occurred that would leave a lasting imprint on the city’s spiritual legacy: the Virgin Mary appeared to a simple and devout woman who, every day, brought lunch to her husband…
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[St. Joseph casting out the demons. Digitally generated.] The Feast of St. Joseph is March 19th. He is a greatly under-appreciated spiritual figure. He is rightly called: “Terror of Demons.” As St. Alphonsus Liguori said: “Saint Joseph is most powerful against demons which fight against us.” I was reminded of this in an exorcism some…
Luxembourg has become the second country in Europe to enshrine the “freedom to abort” in its constitution, following the precedent set by France in 2024. The Luxembourg unicameral legislature approved establishing the “freedom to abort” in the constitution on March 1 with a large parliamentary majority in a 48-6 vote with two abstentions. The amendment…
In a standing-room-only event, college students lined the walls of a large room at the University of Dallas to hear three Catholic academics and an apologist reflect on what makes America exceptional in a celebration marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Liam Ritter, a junior and the founder of the…
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Anne-Marie Gustavson’s voice was joyful when she recounted her recent visit to New York to speak on a panel about the 19 Algerian martyrs, one of whom was her brother, Bishop Pierre Claverie, OP. “I was absolutely amazed by everything,” she said of New York Encounter — held in February at the Metropolitan Pavilion in…
WARSAW, Poland — From Nicaragua to Nigeria, Belarus to China, the Catholic Church is once again facing repression in many parts of the globe. Among those whose witness speaks directly to that reality is Archbishop Antoni Baraniak (1904–1977), a forgotten dry martyr of Stalinism who refused to betray the primate of Poland despite suffering months…
Pope Leo XIV has named Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia as the new apostolic nuncio to the United States, succeeding Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who retired after turning 80 at the end of January. Archbishop Caccia has till now served as the Holy Seeʼs permanent observer at the United Nations in New York. The Holy See Press…
