Somewhere, about ten years ago, just as Pope Francis was getting into “synodality,” I remember hearing an author say that if the pontiff was looking for a truly relevant but countercultural theme for a synod, “chastity” was the one. I think the idea came from George Weigel, but I’ve never been able subsequently to track…
In 1842, when Fr. Edward Sorin stepped onto the cold Indiana prairie, he set out to build a Catholic university that would shape saints, sharpen minds, and send out citizens anchored in faith. The place was small, the winters brutal, and the resources thin. But Sorin insisted that Notre Dame would shine as a “powerful…
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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from Latvia on Nov. 24, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 24, 2025 / 15:38 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV stated that hope “does not mean having all the answers, but rather it calls us to put our trust in God.” The pontiff made…
null / Credit: itakdalee/Shutterstock EWTN News, Nov 24, 2025 / 16:08 pm (CNA). Three German bishops have publicly distanced themselves from the German Bishops’ Conference’s new document on “diversity of sexual identities” for schools, further escalating the dispute over how Catholic education should address gender identity. At the center of the controversy is the 48-page…
Parishioners at a church in Akute Ogun State, Nigeria, in June 11, 2023. / Credit: Ariyo Olasunkanmi/ Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 24, 2025 / 17:41 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church is facing a new wave of violence in Africa: In Nigeria, 265 students from a Catholic school remain captive after being kidnapped last week…
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Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Franciscan University of Steubenville Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 24, 2025 / 15:08 pm (CNA). The 2025-2026 Newman Guide will be available in December to help parents and students find reliable Catholic elementary, secondary, college, international, and graduate education programs. The Cardinal Newman Society, which publishes a…
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