(These are excerpts from Archbishop Ryan Jimenez’s May 6, 2025 message requesting prayers for cardinals and the conclave).

Although the epicenter of the crisis was the United States, Archbishop Viganò’s letter, dropped during the pope’s trip to Ireland, ensured its shock waves were felt everywhere, and Rome felt ...

Archbishop John C. Wester’s recent column (“ ‘Big beautiful bill’ betrays the poor — church must oppose it,” My View, June 7) was a powerful reminder of the moral clarity our times demand.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops took a firm but mixed approach to the bill, while other Catholic leaders signed an ...

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò speaks in Chicago, Illinois on November 18, 2014. Viganò, a critic of Pope Francis, said the Vatican is putting him on trial for alleged “schism.”© Charles Rex ...

To the editor: Many of our citizens believe that we celebrate the Constitution of the United States on July 4. That is incorrect; we celebrate The Declaration of Independence. This document gives ...

A fourth Republican member of Montana’s Legislature has reported a suspicious envelope arriving in the mail.

I was a 21-year-old student on campus and in the crowd on that terrible day at Kent State. The deaths were completely unjustified; however, the protesters were not truly peaceful, ...

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Freedom isn’t doing whatever we want — it’s the power to choose the good. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life reminds us ...

One also finds evidence of Pier Giorgio’s particular appreciation for the writings of St. Paul in his own words. This can be ...

An equally forceful forgotten fourth tailwind is talent. Washington has taken a markedly restrictive approach to foreign talent over the past year, stimulating opportunities for talent elsewhere.