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From Fatima to Lourdes and Loyola, a pilgrimage raises hard questions about suffering. Why priests and religious remain vital companions through life's mysteries in an age of AI.
Rev. Prof. George Chidi Iheanacho, OMI, analyzes the Final Report of the Canonical Commission, examining its proposed revisions to canon law on lay participation, synodality, and...
When I saw the crowds filling the Champs-Élysées to greet Pope Leo XIV, I thought of history’s irony. The Mass itself was...
The news of the discovery of the ninth young woman’s body in South Africa is heartbreaking! All nine bodies of these young women were discovered within...
Sr. Leonida Katunge reflects on President Ruto’s crackdown on foreign hawkers in Kenya, examining the human cost, xenophobia, economic scapegoating, and the spirit of Ubuntu.
Sr. Leonida Katunge reflects on the Eucharistic sacrifice, examining the theological importance of receiving hosts consecrated at the same Mass versus Eucharistic reservation in the tabernacle.
Catholics in Dar-es-Salam, a suburb of Conakry in Guinea’s Gbessia district, will not be celebrating the Season of Creation this year. This annual observance, promoted by...
Twenty-five years after the attacks that changed America and the world, Stan Chu Ilo reflects on the victims, the wars that followed, the persistence of global...
Discussions of Africa's contemporary challenges often return to the legacy of colonialism. Persistent poverty, political instability, weak institutions, economic dependency, and social fragmentation are frequently traced...
Fr. Gilbert Alaribe explores how the formless void of personal suffering, loss, and trauma can become the canvas for divine renewal, grace, and spiritual transformation.
