In the Gospel of Luke, today’s story of Martha and Mary is bracketed by the parable of the Good Samaritan that we heard last week and the beginning of chapter 11 that we’ll hear next week, which opens with the...
Last week, Pope Leo celebrated a Holy Mass for the Care of Creation at the Laudato si’ Center at Castel Gandolfo; for those wishing to reflect upon the texts from the Mass, a Latin original from the Vatican website with...
Note: This is the third article in a three-part series on masculinity. It is perhaps strange that a woman authored these articles, although there is certainly no dearth of men writing and speaking about femininity, so perhaps it is not so strange after all. Sometimes someone with an outside perspective can...
Ten years ago, Pope Francis wrote the first environmental encyclical letter in the history of the Catholic Church. As he was writing it, so many of us who were, and still are, concerned about the sickening state of our wonderful...
Note: This is the second article in a three-part series on masculinity. It is perhaps strange that a woman authored these articles, although there is certainly no dearth of men writing and speaking about femininity, so perhaps it is not so strange after all. Sometimes someone with an outside perspective can...
A learned (and acerbic) Dominican professor under whom I studied told this story: An eminent Dominican scholar, easily identifiable by his fiery red hair, was in the habit of taking his daily walk past the Jesuit house. One day, one...
Note: This is the first article in a three-part series on masculinity. It is perhaps strange that a woman authored these articles, although there is certainly no dearth of men writing and speaking about femininity, so perhaps it is not...
This is the fifth article in our series “Man and Woman – Image of the Triune God.” The first was “What is the Real Thing For Women?” The second was “Image of One – Image of Three.” The third was...
Editor’s Note: The following is an English translation of an interview with Rodrigo Guerra, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, originally conducted by Exaudi in Spanish and published on June 10, 2025. In it, Guerra reflects on the...
Editor’s note: On Sunday, September 27, 2020 — at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic — Pope Leo XIV delivered the following homily on the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Given from the context of Peruvian culture, then-Bishop...
We have a new pope! Robert Francis Prevost is Pope Leo XIV. Who is Robert Prevost? Here is a brief summary to introduce you to the man who is now the successor of Peter. Pope Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost,...
The conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor begins tomorrow, May 7th, 2025 with a Holy Mass to Elect the Pope (Mass pro eligendo Pontifice). This will be followed by the Cardinal’s entrance to the conclave at 15:45 Central European Summer...
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