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Dave Stotts hosts the new EWTN series ‘The Road Less Traveled.’

‘The Road Less Traveled’ debuts on July 13 and can be watched for free on EWTN+ and on EWTN.com.

Daniel Ibáñez Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful during his Sunday Angelus on July 12, 2026, at the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo.

The Pope addressed the faithful during the July 12 Angelus at Castel Gandolfo, where he is currently on vacation.

Chip Somodevilla U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the FY2027 budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. The long-serving senator passed away on July 11 at 71.

The office of the long-serving South Carolina senator said he passed away on July 11.

Podcast host Dominican Sister Miriam Holzman, at right, and Dominican Sister Mary Dominic enjoy their conversation on ‘Dominican Sisters Open Mic.’

A Dominican podcast — and the joy the sisters radiate — has gone viral.

Inset: The Little Way Café sign, stylized, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The parish joins others in offering good coffee and good company.

Coffeehouses aren’t a nice added extra for a Catholic parish, but rather an essential, one priest told the Register.