Many consider me an adventurous eater. When I find something unique or out of the ordinary on a menu, I am always curious to try it. And while I didn’t cook much growing up, I stepped out of my comfort zone in college and seminary to do it more. As …

By Hannah Brockhaus, Tyler Arnold Vatican City, Jun 7, 2023 / 03:51 am Pope Francis will undergo abdominal surgery under general anesthesia on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican has said. The 86-year-old Francis, who has spent most of his 10 years as pope in relatively good health, has dealt with several painful medical …

By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jun 5, 2023 / 15:00 pm California’s governor and attorney general are accusing the state of Florida of “kidnapping” a group of 16 South American migrants in Texas, flying them to Sacramento, and dropping them off in front of the Diocese of Sacramento’s headquarters. California Attorney …

By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jun 6, 2023 / 15:15 pm During the Kansas City Chiefs’ visit to the White House on Monday in celebration of their Super Bowl victory in February, the team’s kicker, Harrison Butker, made a statement in support of the unborn by wearing a custom-made necktie with …

By Courtney Mares, Hannah Brockhaus Rome Newsroom, Jun 7, 2023 / 03:01 am Pope Francis will undergo abdominal surgery under general anesthesia on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican has confirmed. The operation was planned by the pope’s medical team in recent days after it became necessary due to a hernia that was causing …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2023 / 10:34 am Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed two new auxiliary bishops for San Diego who both immigrated to the U.S. as teenagers. The Vatican announced on June 6 that Father Michael Pham, 56, and Father Felipe Pulido, 53, will be consecrated as …

The saints are alive and present to us; they desire to be with us and to accompany us on our pilgrimage through this vale of tears. Yet they often feel distant, in part because we have lost that sense of mystery in our world. As a friend often says, when …

By Shannon Mullen Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2023 / 08:00 am Her flashlight was dim, so when Mother Abbess Cecilia Snell first peered inside the cracked coffin lid and saw a human foot inside a black sock where one would expect to find only bone and dust, she didn’t say …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jun 5, 2023 / 07:55 am Cardinal Matteo Zuppi arrived in Kyiv on Monday to carry out the peace mission entrusted to him by Pope Francis. The Vatican announced June 5 that Zuppi will spend two days in the Ukraine capital “to listen in depth …

Name a parent who isn’t tired. Whether parenting a newborn, teenager or even an adult, most agree that being tired is a characteristic of parenthood. Dave and Debbie Cowden are not immune to such exhaustion. Parishioners at Dayton’s Holy Family Catholic Church, they are parents to three children with another …