Here is this week’s curation of international news from around the world that you might have missed: Holy Land Church leaders announce renovations to Grotto of the Nativity The Custody of the Holy Land and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem have announced the Grotto of the Nativity will soon undergo renovations. The restoration work…
Our country has a short yet rich literary history, producing some of the most influential novels of the past few centuries. This includes classics such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Great Gatsby, books which have played major roles in various epochs of our nation’s history and influenced people’s understanding of the American…
The Annual Appeal was launched in our diocese this weekend, as it has been or will be in many other dioceses, with a sound-tracked video at every Mass and a step-by-step walk-through of the completion of pledge cards. While I sympathize with the committee that came up with that tedious line-by-line approach, it doesn’t wear…
Editor’s note: see also this article by Mr. Murray Rundus on the universal authority of the Common Doctor. I plan to address what OnePeterFive seems to me to be about, rebuilding. Thomism builds and binds communities. If studying St. Thomas in various groups is not bringing communities closer and people together but divides them into…
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The recent restoration of a fresco in an ancient baroque church in central Rome, just a short distance from the Spanish consulate and the Italian Parliament, has sparked an unexpected controversy after one of the angels depicted in the restoration bore a striking resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The figure in question holds…
February 2026 marks 100 years of commemorating Black History Month in the United States and Catholic bishops are marking the milestone. Bishop Daniel E. Garcia, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation, and Bishop Roy E. Campbell, chairman of the USCCB’s Subcommittee on African…
The Vatican “Sports Cross” arrived at the Basilica of San Babila in Milan on Thursday evening, one week ahead of the opening of the Feb. 6–22 Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy. Since 2012, the Vatican has entrusted the wooden cross designed and created by British artist Jon Cornwall to dioceses hosting the Summer and…
