‘People shouldn’t go hungry’: SNAP halt sparks concern among Catholic charitable groups
By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 29, 2025 / 12:27 pm Catholic charitable groups that provide food to needy families are voicing concern about the expected stoppage of federal food assistance programs as the government shutdown continues. The shutdown reached Day 29 on Oct. 29, and unless lawmakers come to …
The Joy of the Priesthood Shouldn’t be a Well-Kept Secret
“The men we want to become priests aren’t coming to us. We have to go out and find them.” I first heard these words three years ago, and the Holy Spirit has never let me forget them. They were shared by a friend, a former vocations director, expressing how hard …
Obituary: Fr. Rob Jack
Reverend John Robert Jack passed away on October 28, 2025, in Norwood, Ohio. He was born on January 24, 1965, in Middletown, Ohio and was baptized at St. John the Baptist Parish, Middletown. He received a B.A. from the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, a M. Div. from Mount St. Mary’s …
The recovery of St. John the Baptist Parish
From Saint John the Baptist Parish: St. John the Baptist Church Fire Update October 25, 2025 What is happening with St. John the Baptist Church? Verdin Bell Company out of Cincinnati is currently assessing the bells. The large bell has a visible crack, likely caused by the intense heat of …
Meet the laywoman who kept Catholic faith alive in Soviet camps
By Alexey Gotovskiy Vatican City, Oct 27, 2025 / 15:23 pm A small delegation from Kazakhstan has brought to the Vatican two sealed boxes containing more than 30 pounds of documents, testimonies, and accounts of miracles for the cause of Servant of God Gertrude Detzel — a laywoman who kept the …
St. Paul Center to kick off ‘largest Bible study in America’
By Tessa Gervasini , Ken Oliver-Méndez Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 27, 2025 / 15:53 pm The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology is launching a new Bible study program to help Catholics prepare for the Advent and Christmas seasons. The Bible study, titled “Bible Across America,” is set to begin Nov. 5 and aims …
Meet 10 patron saints of Catholic education, students, and teachers
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Oct 27, 2025 / 13:00 pm Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published on Oct. 28 for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Christian education. He …
Live for Others to Have Happy Holidays
For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Mt. 16:25) “Your life is not about you,” our pastor said with a chuckle as he began his homily. “Sorry to disappoint.” I nodded in solemn understanding from the vestibule. …
Lord’s Day Reflection: Virtue without charity
As the Church marks the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Abbot Marion Nguyen reflects on the theme, “Virtue without charity: a mirror for vanity” By Abbot Marion Nguyen “All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted.” Jesus tells this parable “to some who …
How the ‘baseball priest’ uses the sport to spread the Gospel
By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 25, 2025 / 07:00 am Father Burke Masters’ first dream was to be a major league baseball player, but after feeling a call from God to the priesthood he now uses the sport “to speak about Jesus and the Church.” “I played college baseball …
