Study: Catholic law grads outpace secular peers in practice, purpose and civic life
A new study found that 2025 graduates of Catholic law schools are not only more focused on ethics, service, and community, but they are also more likely to be practicing law than graduates of secular institutions. The study, commissioned by the St. Mary’s University School of Law and conducted by YouGov, asked a national sample…
The Book That Will Change How You See Yourself (and Everyone Else)
Review of The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love, by Vienna Pharaon Vienna Pharaon’s The Origins of You is one of the most eye-opening, compassionate, and transformative books I’ve read in years. It is not just a book about self-help or psychology – it’s a map…
2025-08-13
Optional Memorial of St. Pontian, Pope and Martyr, and St. Hippolytus, Priest and Martyr
2025-08-09
Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr
Journey with the Saints: Detroit cathedral to unveil long-awaited relics, life-sized statues of 12 apostles
Detroit Catholic/CNA—At the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, the band is getting back together. The band of Christ’s 12 apostles, that is. On Feb. 8, Detroit’s mother church will publicly unveil its long-awaited “Journey with the Saints” project, a permanent installation of 14 “larger than life” statues accompanied by first-class relics of…
Massachusetts mayor defends saint statues on public building
CNA/NCR—A Massachusetts mayor is going to bat for including statues of two Catholic saints on the city’s new public safety building, saying he picked them because of their importance to police and firefighters and accusing opponents of harboring “‘negative attitudes’ toward Catholicism.” But lawyers for local residents who object to the planned 10-foot-high bronze statues…
Armenian and Azerbaijan presidents sign historic peace deal at White House
Aug. 8, 2025—In today’s historic peace deal—after decades of bitter conflict and tremendous suffering for both nations over the ethnically Armenian-Christian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a peace deal at the White House. Pashinyan hailed the moment as “opening a chapter of peace” and “laying foundations to a…
St. Augustine’s Impact on the First Three Months of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate
CNA—Today marks three months since Pope Leo XIV first appeared on the central balcony of the Vatican basilica after being elected the successor of St. Peter. In that first urbi et orbi message, delivered on May 8, the Holy Father expressed the words that would mark the beginning of his pontificate: “I am an Augustinian,…
2025-08-07
Optional Memorial of St. Sixtus II, Pope and Martyr, and his Companions, Martyrs