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By Daniel Paden
On a recent retreat with my wife, Katherine, to Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville, St. Benedict’s teachings on hospitality and the monks who practice them struck me. These historic and living commitments to generosity can shape how those of us outside cloisters encounter others — including homeless animals.
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
I join the faithful of the Diocese of Arlington in fervent prayer for all the victims, for those who are still missing, and all those whose lives have been affected by the catastrophic flash floods that took place in Central Texas over Independence Day weekend.
Pope Leo XIV
By Justin McLellan
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope among its summer residents.
National
By Amira Abuzeid
In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held July 1, the village council of Dolton, Ill., voted to purchase the childhood home of the first U.S.-born pope, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.
Global
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new formulary of prayers and biblical readings for the Mass will be added to the Roman Missal — the liturgical book that contains the texts for celebrating Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Art
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National
By Tessa Gervasini
An organization encouraging the presence of “the Catholic intellectual tradition” in universities across the globe has a new leader.
Pope Leo XIV
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, Pope Leo XIV said.
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Even in our fast-paced world, summer remains a season when we all may slow down, rest, and reflect on the hopes God has for us.
Trusting the mission