Sister Maria Zhang made her perpetual vows as an Augustinian Recollect on May 13, 2025. / Credit: Diocese of Salamanca Madrid, Spain, Jun 20, 2025 / 10:29 am (CNA). Sister Maria Zhang Yue Chun made her perpetual vows on May 13 at the convent of the Augustinian Recollects in Vitigudino, Salamanca province, Spain. Her prioress,…
I discovered the writings of Mary Claire Kendall after first reading a revealing article titled “Hemingway’s Catholic Heart”[1] in the prestigious magazine Saint Austin Review, edited by Joseph Pearce. Well-documented and filled with significant biographical details, the article confirmed for me the influence of the Catholic faith on Hemingway’s life and work. Although always accompanied…
Bishop Anthony Ireland was appointed the new archbishop of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, on June 20, 2025. / Credit: Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference CNA Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 09:29 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Anthony Ireland, auxiliary bishop of Melbourne, Australia, as the new archbishop of Hobart, marking the second major…
This June, if you’ve been driving along Interstate 80 or spending time in Lincoln or Omaha, you may have noticed something new—a series of billboards featuring the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s part of a listener-led effort made up of Spirit Catholic Radio listeners, created to share a message of love, hope, and faith with…
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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria, is the largest church building in that country. / Credit: Dein Freund der Baum, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 20, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Here’s a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have…
Opus Dei critics are obsessed with corporal mortification, the practice whereby Catholics embrace sufferings large and small for the sake of spiritual advance. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Leave that tiny morsel on the plate no matter how much you love it. Pause for 30 seconds before digging into that plate of steak…
On a cold February morning in Rome, I stood before a mirror in a rented room, adjusting a black lace chapel veil, preparing for Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. The Mass was to celebrate my dear son, Sewell Setzer III, my 14-year-old son, who had taken his own life in our home in Orlando, Florida,…
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