Pope answers questions from pilgrims at Jubilee of Youth
An estimated million young people gather in the outskirts of Rome for the Jubilee of Youth prayer vigil. Three of them ask him questions: about friendship, life choices, and encountering Jesus. By Joseph Tulloch Around a million young pilgrims gathered in Tor Vergata, on the outskirts of Rome, for the …
The World Needs Holy Weirdos
My friends, Shine On is back … and so am I. After a two- year hiatus, I couldn’t be more excited to be returning as a writer to The Catholic Telegraph to continue the Shine On column. Nothing brings me more joy than helping people remove the lampshades from their …
Lord’s Day Reflection: The sadness of things
As the Church marks the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Abbot Marion Nguyen reflects on the theme, “The Sadness of Things: Avarice and the Freedom of Detachment”. By Abbot Marion Nguyen God’s Word offers us a piercingly sober lens through which to view one of the most common illusions of …
The Incarnational Politics of Pope Leo XIV
Over the first several weeks of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has staked out a deliberate perimeter of emphases that appears to encompass the dominant theme of his pontificate. The first stake in the ground was the choice of his name. Beginning with Pope St. Leo I—also known as Leo …
Let Christ’s Light Shine Through
Years Ago, I heard the story of a little girl who grew up going to church with her mother every Sunday. Each week, the mother would try to keep her daughter entertained during the Mass by pointing out the different elements of the church and their worship. She would have …
Cardinal Zuppi: We must put an end to war before it puts an end to us
40,000 young Italians gather in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee event “You are Peter”, dedicated to peacemaking. They hear from Cardinal Zuppi and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa. By Antonella Palermo “Feel embraced this evening by the entire Church, which looks upon the freshness and spontaneity …
Secret of a priest influencer: Don’t complicate the message ‘because the Lord is simple’
By Victoria Cardiel Vatican City, Aug 1, 2025 / 07:00 am With more than a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms, Father Cosimo Schena has become one of the most recognizable faces of the so-called “digital missionary” phenomenon in Italy. “The illness of this century is loneliness, and …
CNA explains: What does it mean to be a doctor of the Church?
By Francesca Pollio Fenton , Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Aug 1, 2025 / 06:00 am The Vatican announced Thursday that St. John Henry Newman will be declared a doctor of the Church. The 19th-century English saint — a former Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism — will join 37 other saints who have …
Obituary: Sister Joan Krimm, SNDdeN
Joan was born in Dayton, Ohio, the eldest of three children of Carl Krimm and Catherine Aldora (born in Austria/Hungary). Her two siblings, Carl Krimm and Patricia Krimm Pohl, soon followed to join a large extended family. She also grew up with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeNs), …
Pope’s August prayer intention: For mutual coexistence
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for August, 2025, inviting us to pray “that societies avoid internal conflicts due to ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons” and encouraging us to “seek paths of dialogue” and “respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity.” By Christopher Wells “Let us pray that …
