10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1756+ words) Gov Hyacinth Alia of Benue State Let me state my position plainly. I do not defend everything Fr. Alia does. I defend the Catholic principle that an erring priest must be corrected without being reduced to the sum of his…...

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (622+ words) by INFOVATICANA | September 14, 2026 The feast has its roots in fourth-century Jerusalem and was later linked both to the veneration of Christ’s Cross and to the recovery of the relic after the Persians seized it in the seventh century. Crucifixion was…...

13+ hour, 31+ min ago   (475+ words) By Bill Papastergiadis OAM, President, Greek Community of Melbourne Metropolitan Myron of New Zealand, Andrew Mesourouni, my son Lee and I recently had the privilege of meeting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople. Over lunch and during a private meeting that…...

12+ hour, 11+ min ago   (54+ words) David Hahn, The Catholic Herald on Monday, September 14, 2026 Not many Catholics are familiar with the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary on September 15, but it captures a unique side of spiritual life. Hope after 9/11, stories of faith and courage…...

12+ hour, 9+ min ago   (324+ words) Casey Chalk on Monday, September 14, 2026 The Church offers a different way of understanding correction, a truly Christian ethic based on a proper anthropology, an understanding of human weakness, of repentance, forgiveness, and redemption that enables us to overcome errors. It…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1880+ words) In today’s post I would like to ponder some hard and sobering spiritual truths, but ones that will set us free. In calling them “hard truths”, I mean that they are not the usual cozy bromides that many seek. They…...

17+ hour, 20+ min ago   (883+ words) Governor Hyacinth Alia may not realise it, but his conduct in partisan politics is becoming one of the strongest arguments for the Catholic Church’s wisdom in keeping priests away from partisan political contests. While the impulse for a Catholic priest…...

16+ hour, 56+ min ago   (698+ words) ONITSHA — Thousands of Catholics and other Christian faithful from Anambra State and neighbouring states converged on Onitsha to celebrate the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. The event, organised by the Faithspiration Initiative, was themed, “Fill…...

17+ hour, 42+ min ago   (136+ words) Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Embracing forgiveness and reconciliation in times of division As people of faith, we are called to resist this…...

20+ hour, 16+ min ago   (270+ words) Authorities in Sloviansk have reregistered two churches under the OCU. Oleksandr Onyshchenko, who initiated the transfers, told Karachun about the change in affiliation and said he had no intention of stopping the reregistration of communities. Officials reregistered the parish of…...