By Jacob Stein Vatican City, Mar 1, 2024 / 12:37 pm The Holy Lance, also known as the Lance of Longinus, holds a significant place in Christian tradition as the weapon believed to have pierced the side of Jesus during his crucifixion. Tradition holds that the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica has …

By Peter Pinedo Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 16:35 pm President Joe Biden expressed today his disagreement with the Catholic Church’s position that in vitro fertilization (IVF) is immoral because it kills countless unborn human babies. As the controversy continues after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling established the personhood of unborn …

How is it decided what is the proper age for receiving Holy Communion and Confirmation? Why do some parishes offer the sacraments at different ages? The age considered proper for sacramental reception has changed over time. In the early Church, the sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion) were …

By John Stegeman Six of Ohio’s top high school baseball programs will participate in a season-opening showcase March 23 at the Athletes in Action Sports Complex in Xenia. The event features exclusively Catholic high schools, a celebrity speaker and Mass. Mike Hoendorf, the showcase’s director and founder, is a long-time …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Feb 29, 2024 / 09:15 am The relics of Blessed Rosario Livatino, a Catholic judge brutally killed by the Mafia in 1990, will be brought to a prison in Naples on Saturday as his relics tour the southern Italian city plagued by organized crime. The Archdiocese …

By Peter Pinedo CNA Staff, Feb 28, 2024 / 18:13 pm Since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are human children, debate over fertility treatment has erupted anew. Here’s everything you need to know. What is IVF? IVF is a medical procedure that fuses …

By Kate Quiñones Denver Newsroom, Feb 28, 2024 / 17:30 pm In an interview with EWTN News, renowned psychologist and author Jordan Peterson shared his perspective on his wife’s “miraculous” recovery from cancer and his view of her embrace of the Catholic faith. Peterson recounted that upon learning of his wife Tammy’s diagnosis, …

By Julieta Villar Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb 28, 2024 / 19:19 pm Argentine President Javier Milei has ordered the prohibition of inclusive language by the national government, the spokesman for office of the president, Manuel Adorni, announced at his daily press conference. In Spanish, all nouns have a gender, usually designated …

For the new martyrs We pray that those who risk their lives for the Gospel in various parts of the world inflame the Church with their courage and missionary enthusiasm.

To understand Dominican spirituality, one needs to know the circumstances that prompted the founding of the Order of Preachers in the early 13th century St. Dominic founded the Order in 1216 in response to the Albigensian heresy spreading throughout southern France. Many people were falling prey to this heresy because …