Vance says he could have spoken ‘more carefully’ about U.S. bishops amid immigration dispute
A top U.S. cardinal had earlier claimed that the country’s vice president had apologized for his strong rhetoric regarding the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. | Credit: Erin Granzow/Courtesy of the …
McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish history tied to Cincinnati Catholics
Staff Report Lent is a penitential season for Catholics preparing to mark the observance of Christ’s death on the cross, and on Easter his resurrection from the dead. For business owners, Lent is just part of the first financial quarter. For today’s Throwback Thursday, we go back to the late-1950s …
Book Review The Story of all Stories: A Story Bible for Young Catholics
Emily Stimpson Chapman; Illustrated by Diana Renzina Reviewed by Sarah Rose Bort As I look at our tattered children’s Bible, memories of poring over its pages as a young girl flood my mind. Back then, the stories seemed almost like fairy tales—of promise-signaling rainbows, trumpets that break down walls, young …
Lent: Time to think ‘March Glad-ness’
Each year we can celebrate the way the liturgical year is divided. We have two regular seasons (Ordinary Time), two playoffs (Advent and Lent) and the championship games (Christmas and Easter). So, while the nation is waiting March Madness and filling out their brackets, we are in the teeth of …
Cardinal Cupich: ‘We must embrace principles to avoid wars’
In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, calls for restraint to avoid unnecessary military escalation abroad and prevent things from quickly spiraling out of control. He also urges overcoming polarization and protecting the human dignity of all peoples in the United States, in a …
Lou Holtz, legendary Notre Dame football coach and outspoken Catholic, dies at 89
The retired coach and sports analyst had entered hospice shortly before his death. Lou Holtz at the SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio broadcast at the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show at Orange County Convention Center, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. | Credit: Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for SiriusXM By Daniel Payne March …
Cardinal Parolin: Preventive wars risk setting the world ablaze
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks to Vatican News about events in the Middle East, warning of a dangerous rise of multipolarism marked by the primacy of power. By Andrea Tornielli “This erosion of international law is truly worrying justice has given way to force; the force of law …
Work of Our Hands
Josef Otmar’s Work at Roger Bacon Chapel by Kary Ellen Berger When master carpenter Josef Otmar steps into his workshop, he does so with an unusual posture for a craftsman, one of listening. Silence, he says, is not empty. It is where God speaks and the work of Otmar’s hands …
Men in Black
Why do priests wear black with a white collar? What is the history and significance? Question of Faith | Fr. David Endres The colors of the vesture that clergy wear are diverse: from the white worn by the pope, to the bishops’ purple, to the black of diocesan priests. In …
Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman’s voice needed ‘more than ever’
Bowman’s ability to see the dignity of each individual, and embrace all gifts and cultures, is an essential message for Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Sister Thea Bowman. Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi By Tessa Gervasini March 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET African American Servant of God …
