Colorado Springs Bishop James Golka will lead the Archdiocese of Denver after Archbishop Samuel Aquila steps down from the post, the Vatican announced on Feb. 7. Aquila — who at 75 has reached the customary retirement age for prelates — has led the Colorado archdiocese since 2012, when he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. He…
Two legislative efforts to limit Canada’s medical aid in dying (MAID) framework converged Thursday, with Conservative member of Parliament (MP) Garnett Genuis announcing a bill focused on MAID coercion and the Catholic bishops supporting legislation to prohibit assisted dying for mental illness. Genuis introduced a private member’s bill Feb. 5 that would amend the Criminal…
Above: the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. Three hundred and fifty years ago, on February 7, 1676, the Servant of God Mekhitar was born—described by Pope Paul VI as “the glory of the Armenian Church, a maker of unity and peace.”[1] As the founder of one of the most luminous spiritual and cultural revivals…
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The 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a place more synonymous with depravity than probably any other corner of the earth, was marked in January. Amid the horrors of World War II, there were sunbeams of Christian heroism. One few have heard of is the Polish Jesuit martyr Father Adam Sztark (1907–1942), who used…
After retiring in 2021, Patrick McBee began subbing as an aide at local schools in Morgan County, West Virginia. He quickly realized that many children did not have the appropriate clothes to keep them warm during the winter months. Unable to wear their coats during the school day due to security reasons, McBee had an…
Colorado Springs Bishop James Golka will lead the Archdiocese of Denver after Archbishop Samuel Aquila steps down from the post, the Vatican announced on Feb. 7. Aquila — who at 75 has reached the customary retirement age for prelates — has led the Colorado archdiocese since 2012, when he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. He…
St. John Henry Newman, proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV in November 2025, has been added to the General Roman Calendar, establishing his optional memorial on Oct. 9. Since Pope Francis canonized Newman in 2019, the English saint — a convert and a pivotal figure in Catholic thought — has been…
With the theme “Peace Begins with Dignity: A Global Call to End Human Trafficking,” the Catholic Church will mark this year’s 12th World Day of Prayer and Reflection Against Human Trafficking. In 2026, the observance coincides with the feast of St. Josephine Bakhita, a universal symbol of the fight against modern slavery. Established by Pope…
The great metaphysical truth on which the whole of Sacred Scripture opens, and to which everything from beginning to end testifies, is that the world in which we live and move and locate our being is a visible and created place—the happy result, no less, of a good and generous God, who, bringing it forth…
