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Post-election migration perspective and implications for policy

The effects of the 2024 presidential election on national migration policy will become evident over the next several months. It might be useful, however, to understand how this presidential election issue ...



Dedication to the Missions Reaps Rewards!Maureen Crowley Heil

Our team at the Pontifical Mission Societies is a dedicated one. We will do ANYTHING to make sure that every Catholic we meet (and even non-Catholics!) learn more about the vital, life-saving work done ...

Roses in winterArchbishop Richard G. Henning

Over many years, I have developed a great devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and I always look forward to the celebration of the "Queen of the Americas." The processions and the Mass are always a beautiful ...

Our children and sacred musicRichard J. Clark

Pope Francis, in his 2019 address to the "Scholae Cantorum" of the Italian Association of St. Cecilia, said, "Liturgy is the first 'teacher' of catechism." This statement is simple, yet its implications ...

We are naked before the strange humility of GodElizabeth Scalia

''After the man, Adam, had eaten of the tree, the Lord God called to the man and asked him, 'Where are you?' He answered, 'I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was ...

The road homeScott Hahn

Today's Psalm paints a dreamlike scene -- a road filled with liberated captives heading home to Zion (Jerusalem), mouths filled with laughter, tongues rejoicing. It's a glorious picture from ...

Following Christ as content creatorsSister Hosea Rupprecht, FSP

Do you consider yourself a media maker? Perhaps a better way to put it would be: Are you a content creator? You don't have to be a social media "influencer" to be a content creator. In today's ...

Giving in Ordinary TimeLucia A. Silecchia

It happens all year -- the requests for donations for all manner of charitable causes. Pleas come in the mail from children's hospitals, medical researchers, religious communities, and educational ...

Does marriage transcend death?Jenna Marie Cooper

Q: I have a question about the vocation of marriage. I'm very moved by the examples of widowed family and friends who continue to be very devoted to their deceased spouse, praying for them daily and visiting ...