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- What Is “Spiritual Reading”? How Do Busy People Find Time For It?
  
  What Is Spiritual Reading? Spiritual reading consists of reading something that explains some aspect of Catholic truth in an attractive, enriching way. Its function is to help reinforce and deepen...
- Visual Prayer: The Sign Of The Cross
  
  I might as well admit something about prayer from the very start: sometimes when I read a formal prayer, from memory or with a prayer book, I find my mind wandering. Somehow, I can’t always keep my...
- Helping Children Discover God Through The Beauty Of Creation
  
  I was sitting on the soft, green grass at my parents’ lake home in rural Minnesota admiring all of creation. The weather was lovely on that bright summer afternoon when my husband of fifteen years...

National Catholic Register
- BREAKING: Pope Francis Will Be Discharged From Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, Vatican Says
  
  Daniel Ibañez Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. Hospital officials said on Saturday that the...
- Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy Reflects on First Months of Tenure and His Faith
  
  U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy in a March 20, 2025, EWTN News interview shares how his family and Catholic faith have sustained him during his...
- Cardinal Dolan Explains Why Catholics Genuflect in Church
  
  Genuflection before the Blessed Sacrament. ‘When we come into church, we look for the tabernacle, where the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament...
- WATCH: Annunciation Masses on EWTN, Plus More Lenten Viewing
  
  Federico Barocci (1535–1612), ‘The Annunciation’ TV PICKS 03.23.25
- Pope Francis to Offer Window Blessing From Gemelli Hospital This Sunday
  
  Daniel Ibáñez A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 22, 2025. The...
Catholic News Agency
- Canadian bishops condemn government proposal to strip faith groups of charitable status
  
  The 2023 Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) being held Sept 25-28 outside of Toronto. / Credit: CCCB/CECC Toronto, Canada, Mar 20, 2025 / 07:00 am...
- Pope Francis gifts his Presidential Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires cathedral
  
  The Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Pope Francis. / Credit: Courtesy of Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires/Screenshot Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mar 19, 2025 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Pope...
- Powerful reflections from saints on Lent: fasting, penance, and conversion
  
  Image of St. John Paul II. / Credit: Adrian Tusar/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Six saints and blesseds have offered these profound reflections on how to live...
- ‘Blood flows every day in Haiti’: Archbishop calls on international community to save lives
  
  Archbishop Max Leroy Mésidor of Port-au-Prince. / Credit: Salesian Priests of Haiti ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). “Please do not delay, because we are on the brink of...
- Nicaraguan dictatorship tightens monitoring of Catholic priests
  
  Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons Lima Newsroom, Mar 17, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA). The regime is now keeping Catholic priests under surveillance, checking their...