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What appears to be liberation often leads to deeper forms of bondage. We become enslaved to our desires, to performance, ...

During the Mass of Priesthood Ordination at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 21, 2025 ...

I’ve been telling vision and angel stories this spring in churches around Wisconsin. As a one-shot guest preacher my sermons ...

God has eternally had the plan of salvation as part of his sovereign purposes ...

Jesus came to Galilee as a preacher, heralding the good news that God’s kingdom had come to men in the person of the servant ...

On the feast when the Catholic Church especially celebrates the mystery of the Eucharist — namely, the Real Presence of Jesus ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the faithful to “multiply hope and to proclaim the coming of God’s Kingdom” as he presided ...

The Eucharistic miracle in Orvieto played a key role in launching the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. At right, a fresco from ...

In memory of William James Jacques (Formerly Foy) of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Died the 11th of June 2025, aged 70 ...