23+ hour, 3+ 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…...

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, 4+ 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…...

13+ hour, 50+ min ago  (27+ words) For generations, Wesley United Methodist Church has served the Baton Rouge community as more than a place of worship, becoming a cornerstone for faith, fellowship and support....

3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (276+ words) Vessels are anchored off the coast of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on May 21, 2026. AFP via Getty Images hide caption Pope Leo XIV addressed the rise of artificial intelligence today in his first encyclical, a major teaching addressed to…...

4+ hour, 59+ min ago  (200+ words) In a Latin-language letter, Pope Leo XIV recalled the upcoming 100th anniversary of the crowning of the image of the Virgen del Sagrario (Virgin of the Tabernacle) in the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral in Toledo, Spain. The Pontiff also named Archbishop Alejandro…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago  (151+ words) Thaddaeus was a man of many identities. In the King James translation of Matthew 10: 3 he is called "Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus." He is also called "Judas the son of James" (Luke 6: 16; Acts 1: 13) and "Judas (not Iscariot)" (John 14: 22). It takes…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago  (456+ words) Until Magnifica Humanitas, no pope had stated so plainly that just war theory has run its course. The declaration arrives with particular theological weight: Leo XIV is himself an Augustinian, and it was St. Augustine who, in the fifth century,…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (80+ words) Personalities Deuteronomy 29: 2929 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. ( The King James Version)…...