By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 25, 2025 / 06:00 am Catholic self-made entrepreneur and media tycoon Jimmy Lai built an empire on free speech and truthful journalism — but today he sits behind bars as one of China’s most high-profile political prisoners. Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, known as Jimmy Lai, was …

By Kate Quiñones Denver, Colo., Aug 18, 2025 / 06:00 am The Archdiocese of Denver asked parishioners to share the names of young men they thought would make good priests. The result? More than 900 names. But names aren’t the only outcome of the Called By Name campaign, which launched in May. …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Aug 16, 2025 / 04:00 am Saturday, Aug. 16, marks Pope Leo XIV’s 100th day as pope. Since his May 8 election as the first pope born and raised in the United States, the 69-year-old Chicago native has already left his mark on a jubilee year …

When we were first married, my wife and I enjoyed the fact that we didn’t agree on everything, and we would often debate each other over morning coffee. My wife, who goes by her middle name, Lindsay, was not Catholic at the time, and I was taking my job of …

Live Vertical, a campus ministry focusing on guided adoration, has made its way into three schools within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati: Archbishop Elder High School (Cincinnati), Bishop Fenwick High School (Franklin), and Archbishop Carroll High School (Dayton). “The mission of Live Vertical is very relational,” said Father Jacob DuMont, archdiocesan …

By CNA Staff CNA Newsroom, Aug 4, 2025 / 04:00 am A century after the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney, died on Aug. 4, 1859, Pope John XXIII reflected on the life of the saint and what it means to be a holy priest. In contemplating his life, one …

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 …

By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 24, 2025 / 18:13 pm “Thanks be to God more people weren’t harmed,” said Father Gabriel Romanelli in an exclusive interview with EWTN on July 24 in the wake of the July 17 bombing of his parish, Holy Family Church in Gaza, which left …

By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 16, 2025 / 15:30 pm A new study has found that “reciting the rosary privately” is the most popular Marian devotion among those discerning a religious vocation. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University published its June 2025 report: “Impact …

With the Young at Heart theme this month, The Catholic Telegraph team thought it fitting and fun to interview a panel of very young Catholics. So, I met with a group of seven second- grade students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Anderson after their all-school Mass to ask …