By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 18, 2025 / 12:00 pm Several hymns were temporarily banned last year in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri after being found “to be insufficient in sound doctrine,” with the action raising questions about what music is allowed at the Holy Mass. In a special report …

By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Oct 5, 2025 / 07:00 am Sister Norma Pimentel is known as “the immigrants’ nun.” For over a decade, she has directed the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) Humanitarian Respite Center, a humanitarian aid center located in McAllen, Texas, on the border with …

By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Sep 30, 2025 / 04:00 am Most people know that St. Jerome — whose feast day the Catholic Church celebrates on Sept. 30 — is famous for translating the entire Bible into Latin in the fourth century A.D., creating a widely read edition later known as the Vulgate. …

Join the Director of Vocations, Fr. Michael Willig for an evening of food, fellowship, and exploration of God’s call. The Andrew Dinners offer high school- and college-aged men a chance to share a meal with priests while learning about discernment, seminary life and the priesthood. These events are open to …

Way back in the early 1970s, there was an advertisement for Coca-Cola that became quite popular. The soda pop company had assembled young people from all over the world on a hilltop in Italy. Together they sang, “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.” The decade …

By Sister Constance Veit, lsp For many years, our religious community was best known in the United States as half of a college sports parody comparing the worst teams to the Little Sisters of the Poor. Since 2013, we have been in the limelight for a completely different reason as …

At the conclusion of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo remembers young people suffering “the most serious evils” caused by other human beings, mentioning specifically war-torn Gaza, Ukraine, and “every land bloodied by war.” Vatican News Just before the conclusion of the closing Mass for the …

Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on Pope St. John Paul II’s “Theology of the Body.” As I have previously discussed, Pope St. John Paul II structured his meditations on the human person in Theology of the Body as a triptych—a threefold vision of “original man,” “historical …

JOIN US AT THE BALLPARK ON JULY 11 & 12 TO STRIKE OUT HUNGER! Reds fans, it’s time to step up to the plate and Strike Out Hunger. Join St. Vincent de Paul at Great American Ballpark on Friday, July 11 and Saturday, July 12. Bring a minimum of three nonperishable food items and …

In key moments throughout my life, the Lord has not been subtle. For example, God called me in 2019 away from my job at a local network news affiliate to work for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. I did not seek the job, but it clearly seemed the next step for …