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At least 50 Sudanese refugees killed in boat fire near Libya
September 17, 2025 - 10:18amAt least 50 people have died after a fire on a refugee vessel near Libya. Separately, an Italian humanitarian organisation has submitted new evidence to a court in Sicily detailing human rights violations by EU-supported Libyan military personnel.
Niger: Scores die in terrorist attack on baptism ceremony
September 17, 2025 - 10:12am22 people were killed in western Niger when gunmen attacked participants in a baptism ceremony before continuing their killing spree in Takoubatt village.
Hundreds of thousands flee as Israel expands Gaza offensive
September 17, 2025 - 8:14amIsrael says it’s struck more than 150 targets in Gaza City since it ramped up its ground assault on Tuesday.
Tanzanian-born former Holy See diplomat dies in Rome
September 17, 2025 - 7:44amArchbishop Novatus Rugambwa, former Apostolic Nuncio, has died in Rome at the age of 67, leaving behind a legacy of charity and service in the many countries to which he was sent as a papal representative.
Truth, Unity, and Love: The Augustinian Spirit of Pope Leo XIV
September 17, 2025 - 6:30amMarking Pope Leo XIV's saint's day on 17 September, the head of the Augustinian Province of St Thomas of Villanova says the Pope "Is a man of prayer who listens to God and to people."
Parish Flocknote
Spirtuality Class
September 15, 2025 - 2:00pmAdult Faith Opportunity Tuesday, Octobe r 14 , 2025 – 7:00 pm (note the change in time) Join us at the Cathedral Basilica for an evening of prayer and reflection with Brother Benedict Gregory Johnson, OP , a Dominican friar...Exaltation of the Holy Cross
September 14, 2025 - 2:00pmThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross Today, September 14, the Church “exalts” the Cross of Christ as the symbol of salvation. The Cross is the most powerful and universal symbol of our Christian faith. It has inspired liturgical...Weekly Update
September 12, 2025 - 2:01pmSchedule for September 13-14 Saturday, September 13 7:00 am Cathedral Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass 1:30 pm Wedding 3:30 - 4:30 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and Benediction 3:30 pm – 5:00...From the Rector
September 11, 2025 - 10:00amDear Parishioners, When I woke up this morning and turned on the news, the footage of September 11th was being shown again. I remember exactly where I was that day. Every time I see those images or hear the reports, the sadness...Weekly Update
September 6, 2025 - 5:11pmSeptember 6-7 Saturday, September 6th 7:00 am Open for Private Prayer and Devotion 8:00 am Mass - 1:30 pm Wedding 3:30 - 4:30 pm Holy Hour - concluding with Evening Prayer and Benediction 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Confessions 5:00 pm...
National Catholic Register
JK Rowling Asks for Faith Advice, Says She Has a ‘God-Shaped Vacuum Inside Me’
September 17, 2025 - 2:21pmFeatureflash Photo J.K. Rowling.
Catholics, can we kindly offer the famed author some concrete evidence about the true, apostolic faith?
Pope Leo XIV’s Alma Mater Launches New Series on Catholic Social Thought
September 17, 2025 - 1:41pmScreenshot Students at the Angelicum talking part in the series on St. Thomas Aquinas.
The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas is communicating the richness of Catholic tradition far beyond its classrooms, guiding the faithful to respond to the challenges of modern life.
Pope Leo XIV Decries ‘Unacceptable Conditions’ in Gaza, Urges Release of Hostages
September 17, 2025 - 12:27pmVatican Media Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025.
Pope Leo XIV said he had been in contact with Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of Holy Family Parish in Gaza.
‘He Had a Huge Impact on Me’: College Students Remember Charlie Kirk
September 17, 2025 - 11:52amCourtesy photo Charlie Kirk speaks on the stage during the Gen Free Tour.
‘We were in shock. We were sad. We were scared.’
With Mexico ‘Bled Dry by Violence, Confused by Ideologies,’ Church Prays for Deliverance
September 17, 2025 - 7:58amDavid Ramos/ACI Prensa The original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Mexican flag.
Along with violence, primarily linked to organized crime, the shadow of corruption allegations looms over Mexico.
First Things
Ralph Lauren, American Patriot
January 21, 2025 - 5:00amOn January 4 , President Joe Biden honored nineteen individuals with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. While one could argue that some were less deserving of the award than others, I believe that one honoree deserved it without question: Ralph Lauren, a living embodiment of the American dream who in turn made America his muse. His designs pay homage to the cowboy, the soldier, the Ivy Leaguer. For Lauren, no aspect of the American character isn’t worth celebrating—a welcome contrast to the self-loathing that usually pervades the upper echelons of society.
Begging Your Pardon
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amWho attempts to overthrow a government without weapons? Why would the alleged leader of an insurrection authorize military force to protect the government, and why would the alleged insurrection victims countermand that authorization? How do people who listen to speeches about democratic procedures and election integrity in one location transform into enemies of the Constitution after walking a mile and a half to the east? Who believes that interrupting a vote would overturn a government? If there was an attempted insurrection, why would a notoriously creative and aggressive prosecutor fail to find any basis for filing insurrection charges?
To Hell With Notre Dame?
January 20, 2025 - 5:00amI first visited the University of Notre Dame du Lac (to use its proper inflated style) in 2017 as a guest of some friends in the law school. By then I had already hated the place for more or less my entire life. For me, Notre Dame was synonymous with the Roman Catholic Church as I had known her in childhood: dated folk art aesthetics (has anyone ever written about how ugly the buildings are?), the Breaking Bread missalette, the so-called “Celtic” Alleluia, the thought (though not the actual writings) of Fr. Richard McBrien, jolly fat Knights of Columbus in their blue satin jackets, avuncular permanent deacons named Tom, Pat, or, occasionally, Dave. At the age of twenty-seven, I expected to find preserved something of the religious atmosphere of the middle years of John Paul II’s papacy: the quiet half-acknowledged sense of desperation, the all-pervading horror of unbelief that could never be allowed formally to take shape among the grandchildren of European immigrants who had done well for themselves in the professions—perhaps too well.
The Mercurial Bob Dylan
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amThere’s a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy from Duluth, Minnesota; scrappy folk troubadour of Greenwich Village; electric rock poet who defied expectations at Newport; introspective born-again Christian; Nobel Laureate. As any journalist who has interviewed him will attest, Dylan is an enigma. Capturing the whole man is harder than making a bead of mercury sit still in one’s palm.
The Theology of Music
January 17, 2025 - 5:00amÉ lisabeth-Paule Labat (1897–1975) was an accomplished pianist and composer when she entered the abbey of Saint-Michel de Kergonan in her early twenties. She devoted her later years to writing theology and an “Essay on the Mystery of Music,” published a decade ago as The Song That I Am , translated by Erik Varden . It’s a brilliant and beautiful essay, but what sets it apart from most explorations of music is its deeply theological character.