‘Sifting Sand’
COMMENTARY: A simple afternoon of sifting sand becomes a reflection on how sin slips quietly into the soul — and how grace restores what was...
Giotto di Bondone, “Massacre of the Innocents,” ca. 1304-1306, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy
From Iceland to the wider West, falling birthrates and the...
Pope Leo XIV carries the cross during the Via Crucis at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026.
The Pope personally carried the cross through every...
the Chrism Mass is a real, “For you, I am a bishop; with you, I am a Christian,” moment for any pastor of any diocesan flock, one not lost on Leo XIV in his first celebration of the Mass as leader of...
On Good Friday, Pope Leo XIV held phone conversations with the presidents of Israel and Ukraine, stressing the need to pursue paths of peaceful dialogue to end the conflicts ravaging each nation.