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What does it mean to build a truly good home? This is the question that John Cuddeback, a professor at Christendom College, asks in his new book The Intentional Household. As a parent, this question of giving my wife and children the best possible home is always on my mind. Perhaps you’ve noticed that some

When wildfires tear through a landscape, they leave behind a strange silence. Hillsides that were green only hours before become blackened and unrecognizable. Homes disappear. Familiar landmarks vanish. Even after the flames have been extinguished, people instinctively begin searching the ashes for something that survived. Not because every object left standing is a miracle, ...

Pope Leo made a morning trip to Assisi on August 6, the feast of the Transfiguration. He celebrated Mass for the thousands of young people from across Europe gathered in Assisi for Go!,the 2026 Franciscan Youth Meeting. Here is a full translation of his homily at a Mass he celebrated at the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay from November 6 to 8 — his first trip to Latin America as pontiff, and the first papal visit to the country since John Paul II went in 1988. His itinerary includes three cities: Montevideo, Paysandú, and Florida. That last stop carries a weight that non-Uruguayans will not recognize.

Pope Leo XIV returned from his summer break at Castel Gandolfo to resume his weekly general audiences — held this time inside St. Peter’s Basilica, since the Paul VI Hall is currently undergoing renovation and Rome’s August heat made the square impractical.  Continuing his catechetical series on the documents of the Second Vatican Council, Leo