Christ’s Forgotten Nighttime Suffering (and That’s Not All)...
Christmas seems to take a very long time to arrive, while Lent leaps out and grabs us before we have time to blink. Ash Wednesday 2026 is just a week away. So now we are called upon to reflect not on the baby in the manger but on the man whose “sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground” (Luke 22:44). The realities of the passion and death of Jesus Christ trigger in us a significantly different response than do the details of His nativity.
This Sunday, The World Would Go Dark Without Christians...
As Lent approaches we are getting Christianity 101 on Sundays; the Sermon on the Mount in slow motion. Last week Jesus told us we are “Blessed” in the Kingdom of heaven if we value God above all things — this week, he tells us this makes us blessings to the nations because we are “the salt of the earth” and “the light of the world.”
Artificial Intelligence Isn’t What You Think It Is...
Fallout Continues at Notre Dame Over Pro-Abortion Appointee...
Two scholars have resigned from their roles with the University of Notre Dame’s Asian studies institute because the university has named an outspoken advocate of legal abortion as its next director. Meanwhile, the head of the university’s pro-life group is calling on Notre Dame to withdraw the appointment...
Department of Justice Investigates Vandalism at California Catholic school...
What Do You Do When Everything Just Becomes Too Much?
What do you do when everything just becomes too much? This Sunday Reflection is deeply personal, as lately God has been bringing me right up to the edge of my own strength—physically, emotionally, spiritually. In prayer, I was reminded of something we all need to remember when we reach our breaking point: You were never meant to be your own source...
Artemis II, the first manned mission around the Moon since 1972, is set to launch soon...
You Better Man Up Before Asking to Marry My Daughter...
A recent caller to my daily radio show posed an important question about something I have some experience with. He asked my advice on how to handle a situation in which the guy his daughter is shacking up with is gearing up to ask permission to ask for her hand in marriage. Aside from the cohabiting part, which I didn’t apply to any of my five lovely daughters
SSPX to Consecrate Bishops Without Rome’s Approval, Courting Excommunication...
The Priestly Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) announced Monday that it plans to consecrate new bishops on July 1 even without authorization from the Holy See, a move that would likely lead to automatic excommunication of all the bishops who take part and harden a decades-old split with Rome...
Happy Birthday, End of an Era, and We’re Being Hunted...
Why Does God Permit Animal Pain?
Why would a good God allow an injured fawn to lie trapped for two weeks under a fallen tree in excruciating pain before a predator finally comes along and puts an end to its short, wretched life? Provocative questions like this one bring us face to face with the problem of animal pain...
This Sunday, Jesus Will Give Us Everything If We Crawl Out of Satan’s Trap...
Christ Offers More Than John Lennon Could Ever Imagine...
Our Man in Washington: Who Will Be the Pope’s New Nuncio?
St. John Bosco and the Joy of Teaching A Soul...
German Cardinal Woelki of Cologne: ‘For Me the Synodal Way Is Over’...
Ancient and New Wisdom on AI, One Year After ‘Antiqua et Nova’...
To Be Loved, a Seat at the Table, and the Elephant in the Room...
John L. Allen Jr.: A Life Remembered in Gratitude...
6 Political Lessons From the Steelers’ Sad Season...
Pope Leo XIV accepts the resignation of the bishop who refused to become a cardinal...
Reports of Christian Casualties and Arrests Are Emerging as Mass Protests Continue in Iran...
History Redeemed: A Reflection on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time...
St. Francis De Sales and the Purification of the Soul...
Archbishop Broglio: ‘Morally Acceptable’ for US Troops to Disobey Orders to Take Greenland...
Kyrie eleison: Lord, anoint the festering wounds we show...
A Baptist Pastor Rethinks Salvation by ‘Faith Alone’...
Pope Leo’s Sunday Angelus: ‘We Are Precious in God’s Eyes’...
Supreme Court arguments exposed the absurdity of gender ideology...
The Evangelist in Stanley Prison...
This Sunday, We Each Meet the Lamb of God Who Changes Everything...
Save the Pope, Vatican Groundhogs, and ‘Salus Animarum’...
I’m a little worked up this week, so I might as well brace you for it up front. I spent a considerable number of years of my life studying the particular discipline of canon law, and several more learning to practice it with any proficiency. When I have been asked to teach it as a sacred science, the first and most important thing I try to impart to students is that canon law isn’t some Catholic cosplay at legislation...
St. Paul Miki and the Japanese Martyrs: Evangelizers Through Blood...
Ten years ago, Martin Scorsese’s movie Silence, based on the 1966 book of the same name by Shūsaku Endō, exposed multitudes to the horrors of the persecution of Christians in Japan in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Japanese of that era were expert sadists and were unafraid to use that aptitude to try to compel apostasy...
Archdiocese of New York: Insurance Company Made Fake ‘Victims Rights’ Group...
ND Right to Life: A Pro-Life Call to Action on the Ostermann Case...
Ice Chapel Mass Draws Thousands at Notre Dame...
Light a Candle for St. Blaise...
The Feast of St. Blaise is one of the most widespread pieces of popular saintly devotion to survive in contemporary liturgy. From small suburban parishes to basilicas, the practice of blessing throats with a pair of crossed candles bound with a red ribbon remains much as it was 400 years ago. Although the candles are rarely lit today, the priest or deacon places them upon each parishioner’s throat, and prays...
How Does One Die to Sin?
There is a constant battle that rages in mankind between the world in which man lives and God the Father in heaven. The carnal elements of the world naturally elicit a human sense of awe and wonder when the human appetite is satisfied with the pleasures of the world, whether it's debauchery, gluttony, sexual immorality, deceit, calumny, avarice, and so forth...
How Politics and Hot Takes Create a Toxic Mix for the Church...
One of the realities of modern society is that we politicize nearly everything, including the Catholic Church. It seems we can’t approach any issue, have a conversation, or even think about reality itself without it all being invaded by political divides, arguments, and issues. Politics dominates how we think...
Why Catholics Should Stop Using AI-Generated Art...
While the world is praising the innumerable benefits of artificial intelligence (AI), artists around the world have been left in the dust. What has happened, even in the Catholic world, is the increasing reliance on AI to create both artwork and graphic design. From book covers to depictions of Catholic saints that are frequently shared on social media, everyone is in awe at the beauty and ease at which someone can generate artwork with AI...
The Confession I Didn’t Make: An Embarrassing Case of Sacramental Mistaken Identity...
Papal Nuncio Turns 80, Describes Vatican-U.S. Bishops’ Relationship as ‘Normal,’ Not in Conflict...
That Time I Stayed in a Haunted Hotel...
What Did St. Thomas Aquinas Believe About the ‘Evil Eye’?
Notre Dame Sees Record Number of Converts Preparing to Join Catholic Church...
The Blessed Path: A Reflection on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time...
He is sent to lead a new exodus that brings Israel out of captivity to the nations and brings all the nations to God. As Moses led Israel from Egypt through the sea to give them God’s law on Mount Sinai, Jesus too has passed through the waters in baptism. Now, in today’s Gospel, He goes to the mountain to proclaim a new law, the law of His Kingdom. The Beatitudes mark the fulfillment of God’s covenant promise to Abraham...
Is Pope Leo Bringing Back Episcopal Due Process?
Pope Leo Warns of ‘Overly Affectionate’ AI Chatbots...
Pope Leo XIV Warns Against Media Banality and ‘Fake News’...
Live Updates: March for Life 2026 in Washington, DC...
Veteran Vatican Journalist John Allen Dies at 61...
Christians, Stop Saying This About Jesus...
Help Wanted: The Holy See’s Coming Diplomatic Vacancies...
Did Kant Really Disprove St. Thomas Aquinas’ Five Ways?
Bold Silence vs. Bold Speech: St. Sebastian, a Model for Our Times...
The Unity for Which Jesus Prayed...
Pope Leo XIV Sends Prayers and Condolences for Victims of Spain Train Accident...
Bigger on the Inside Than the Outside...
‘Non Nobis Domine’: Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza on Giving Glory to God...
Faith and the top college QBs...
Mary and the Gift of Motherhood...
For Him, Roche’s Rorschach Test, and a Pause for Thought...
Nigeria Accounts for 72% of Christian Killings Worldwide, New Report Finds...
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The Complete List of Popes
- St. Peter (32-67)
- St. Linus (67-76)
- St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St. Clement I (88-97)
- St. Evaristus (97-105)
- St. Alexander I (105-115)
- St. Sixtus I (115-125)
- St. Telesphorus (125-136)
- St. Hyginus (136-140)
- St. Pius I (140-155)
- St. Anicetus (155-166)
- St. Soter (166-175)
- St. Eleutherius (175-189)
- St. Victor I (189-199)
- St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St. Callistus I (217-22)
- St. Urban I (222-30)
- St. Pontian (230-35)
- St. Anterus (235-36)
- St. Fabian (236-50)
- St. Cornelius (251-53)
- St. Lucius I (253-54)
- St. Stephen I (254-257)
- St. Sixtus II (257-258)
- St. Dionysius (260-268)
- St. Felix I (269-274)
- St. Eutychian (275-283)
- St. Caius (283-296)
- St. Marcellinus (296-304)
- St. Marcellus I (308-309)
- St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St. Miltiades (311-14)
- St. Sylvester I (314-35)
- St. Marcus (336)
- St. Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius (352-66)
- St. Damasus I (366-84)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
- St. Boniface I (418-22)
- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St. Hilarius (461-68)
- St. Simplicius (468-83)
- St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St. Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius II (496-98)
- St. Symmachus (498-514)
- St. Hormisdas (514-23)
- St. John I (523-26)
- St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface II (530-32)
- John II (533-35)
- St. Agapetus I (535-36)
- St. Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius (537-55)
- Pelagius I (556-61)
- John III (561-74)
- Benedict I (575-79)
- Pelagius II (579-90)
- St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian (604-606)
- Boniface III (607)
- St. Boniface IV (608-15)
- St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface V (619-25)
- Honorius I (625-38)
- Severinus (640)
- John IV (640-42)
- Theodore I (642-49)
- St. Martin I (649-55)
- St. Eugene I (655-57)
- St. Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
- Donus (676-78)
- St. Agatho (678-81)
- St. Leo II (682-83)
- St. Benedict II (684-85)
- John V (685-86)
- Conon (686-87)
- St. Sergius I (687-701)
- John VI (701-05)
- John VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius (708)
- Constantine (708-15)
- St. Gregory II (715-31)
- St. Gregory III (731-41)
- St. Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen II (III) (752-57)
- St. Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen III (IV) (767-72)
- Adrian I (772-95)
- St. Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen IV (V) (816-17)
- St. Paschal I (817-24)
- Eugene II (824-27)
- Valentine (827)
- Gregory IV (827-44)
- Sergius II (844-47)
- St. Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict III (855-58)
- St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian II (867-72)
- John VIII (872-82)
- Marinus I (882-84)
- St. Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen V (VI) (885-91)
- Formosus (891-96)
- Boniface VI (896)
- Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)
- Romanus (897)
- Theodore II (897)
- John IX (898-900)
- Benedict IV (900-03)
- Leo V (903)
- Sergius III (904-11)
- Anastasius III (911-13)
- Lando (913-14)
- John X (914-28)
- Leo VI (928)
- Stephen VIII (929-31)
- John XI (931-35)
- Leo VII (936-39)
- Stephen IX (939-42)
- Marinus II (942-46)
- Agapetus II (946-55)
- John XII (955-63)
- Leo VIII (963-64)
- Benedict V (964)
- John XIII (965-72)
- Benedict VI (973-74)
- Benedict VII (974-83)
- John XIV (983-84)
- John XV (985-96)
- Gregory V (996-99)
- Sylvester II (999-1003)
- John XVII (1003)
- John XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius IV (1009-12)
- Benedict VIII (1012-24)
- John XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict IX (1032-45)
- Sylvester III (1045)
- Benedict IX (1045)
- Gregory VI (1045-46)
- Clement II (1046-47)
- Benedict IX (1047-48)
- Damasus II (1048)
- St. Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor II (1055-57)
- Stephen X (1057-58)
- Nicholas II (1058-61)
- Alexander II (1061-73)
- St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
- Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal II (1099-1118)
- Gelasius II (1118-19)
- Callistus II (1119-24)
- Honorius II (1124-30)
- Innocent II (1130-43)
- Celestine II (1143-44)
- Lucius II (1144-45)
- Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius IV (1153-54)
- Adrian IV (1154-59)
- Alexander III (1159-81)
- Lucius III (1181-85)
- Urban III (1185-87)
- Gregory VIII (1187)
- Clement III (1187-91)
- Celestine III (1191-98)
- Innocent III (1198-1216)
- Honorius III (1216-27)
- Gregory IX (1227-41)
- Celestine IV (1241)
- Innocent IV (1243-54)
- Alexander IV (1254-61)
- Urban IV (1261-64)
- Clement IV (1265-68)
- Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian V (1276)
- John XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas III (1277-80)
- Martin IV (1281-85)
- Honorius IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas IV (1288-92)
- St. Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement V (1305-14)
- John XXII (1316-34)
- Benedict XII (1334-42)
- Clement VI (1342-52)
- Innocent VI (1352-62)
- Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory XI (1370-78)
- Urban VI (1378-89)
- Boniface IX (1389-1404)
- Innocent VII (1404-06)
- Gregory XII (1406-15)
- Martin V (1417-31)
- Eugene IV (1431-47)
- Nicholas V (1447-55)
- Callistus III (1455-58)
- Pius II (1458-64)
- Paul II (1464-71)
- Sixtus IV (1471-84)
- Innocent VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Pius III (1503)
- Julius II (1503-13)
- Leo X (1513-21)
- Adrian VI (1522-23)
- Clement VII (1523-34)
- Paul III (1534-49)
- Julius III (1550-55)
- Marcellus II (1555)
- Paul IV (1555-59)
- Pius IV (1559-65)
- St. Pius V (1566-72)
- Gregory XIII (1572-85)
- Sixtus V (1585-90)
- Urban VII (1590)
- Gregory XIV (1590-91)
- Innocent IX (1591)
- Clement VIII (1592-1605)
- Leo XI (1605)
- Paul V (1605-21)
- Gregory XV (1621-23)
- Urban VIII (1623-44)
- Innocent X (1644-55)
- Alexander VII (1655-67)
- Clement IX (1667-69)
- Clement X (1670-76)
- Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
- Alexander VIII (1689-91)
- Innocent XII (1691-1700)
- Clement XI (1700-21)
- Innocent XIII (1721-24)
- Benedict XIII (1724-30)
- Clement XII (1730-40)
- Benedict XIV (1740-58)
- Clement XIII (1758-69)
- Clement XIV (1769-74)
- Pius VI (1775-99)
- Pius VII (1800-23)
- Leo XII (1823-29)
- Pius VIII (1829-30)
- Gregory XVI (1831-46)
- Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
- Leo XIII (1878-1903)
- St. Pius X (1903-14)
- Benedict XV (1914-22)
- Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- St. John XXIII (1958-63)
- St. Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Francis (2013-2025)
- Leo XIV (2025—)
