1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (18+ words) Pope Leo XIV apologized for the Catholic Church's legitimization of slavery, saying it was "wound in Christian memory."...

23+ hour, 2+ min ago  (799+ words) When our dog Lola, a sweet brown/white boxer/bull terrier, was only 3 months old, we introduced her to our backyard. She would have none of it. You see, Lola was a city girl. She was born in a New…...

34+ min ago  (251+ words) Here's Calvin's prayer based on Micah 5: 10-15. It's a good Monday meditation. Grant, Almighty God, that since you so kindly invite us to yourself, and promise that your aid should never be wanting to us (provided we do not close the…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (297+ words) What is required to "walk" through life with another person? For such a walk to be meaningful, there must be a relationship between them....

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (276+ words) 13: 17 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. 18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored. 19 A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (227+ words) Liberal rabbi days decision 'sends a deeply troubling message'; Rabbinate spokesperson insists test will still be administered in the fall...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1093+ words) May 24, 2026 Jeffrey Bruno News Briefs 0 Print ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida " The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage kicked off on Sunday in St. Augustine, Florida, as Catholics gathered for Pentecost Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche at Mission Nombre…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago  (922+ words) May 25, 2026 Bohumil Petr'k News Briefs 0 Print The annual ecumenical initiative invites believers and nonbelievers to explore hundreds of churches, chapels, and synagogues across the Czech Republic, Austria, and Slovakia on May 29. Hundreds of Christian churches and religious sites across central…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (422+ words) Pope Leo XIV renewed the teaching Church's condemnation of slavery and asked pardon for the Holy See's complicity in the slave trade. In Magnifica Humanitas (CWN article)dated May 15 and released today Pope Leo deplored forms of slavery linked to…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago  (429+ words) The historic apology acknowledges how the Catholic Church's highest authority helped give European powers religious cover to subjugate and enslave non-Christians. Pope Leo XIV is making history with an apology that goes further than past papal statements on slavery. The…...