The director of L’Osservatore Romano reflects on The Lord of the Rings, a precious source of inspiration for politics today. By Andrea Monda Seventy years ago, in January or February 1956, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Michael Straight, editor of New Republic, in which he mentioned a “ferocious” letter he …

The late American Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified at a Mass presided over by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on September 24, 2026, in St. Louis, Missouri, according to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. By Deborah Castellano Lubov and Robin Gomes Venerable Fulton J. Sheen of the …

The Catholic Pulse Report finds that God’s mercy remains the top draw for both regulars and those who have not received the sacrament in the last year. A priest listens to a penitent during confession during a reconciliation event at the Circus Maximus in Rome on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, …

Pope Leo XIV met with 10 of his eighth grade classmates in St. Peter’s Square at a recent general audience. Pope Leo XIV takes a selfie with his former eighth grade classmates during a reunion on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica on March 18, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media …