Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan Cardinal Dominique Mathieu witnessed the first days of military clashes in the Iranian capital. Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan Cardinal Dominique Mathieu meets with Pope Leo XIV March 11, 2026, after witnessing the first days of military clashes in the Iranian capital. | Credit: Vatican Media By EWTN News Staff …

by Gail Finke Origins St. Lawrence Church in Price Hill began as a parish for German immigrants, who hired one of the most popular German-born church architects in America to design the immense and elaborate Gothic building. Parishioners worshiped in a basement area they called “the catacombs” while the church …

“I am close to all the Lebanese people at this time of grave trial,” the pope said on March 11. Pope Leo XIV prays during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on March 11, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News By Victoria Cardiel March 11, 2026 at 7:49 AM ET …

Cardinals in the United States and elsewhere are raising concerns about just war and about the death and destruction caused by the ongoing conflict with Iran. Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. The United States and Israel …

A March NBC poll found that American voters hold Pope Leo XIV in highest esteem among other public personalities. Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News By Kate Quiñones March 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM ET A March NBC poll found that U.S. …

Father Michael J.K. Fuller was designated as “chaplain to His Holiness” following a decade of work serving the US Bishops   Father Michael J.K. Fuller. | Credit: Photo courtesy of USCCB Public Affairs By Tessa Gervasini·DC Bureau March 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM ET Pope Leo XIV has bestowed the designation …

The Dignity of Dependence By Leah Libresco Sargeant | University of Notre Dame Press, 2025 | 232 pages | $28.00. In his inauguration speech as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani declared, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” This dichotomy is not …

I played basketball and baseball in early grade school. I was never that great at either, but I learned a lot about what it means to be on a team and how to be a good teammate. My first lesson, however, simply moved me from standing alone to belonging.  I …

The Saintly Seven: Black Catholics on the Path to Sainthood Mary Anne Bressler The Saintly Seven Were you aware that there are seven African American candidates for canonization? The lives of these holy men and women span nearly the entire existence of the United States as an independent nation—from Pierre …

From the Archives | Michelle Smith Marianne Reilly’s journals span more than sixty years. When you open them, you do not find history in bold strokes, but rather weather reports and grocery accounts, social calls and parish news, copied poems and notes of illness, careful records of correspondence and the …