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Radio Interview: From addiction to purpose Catholic Review Staff August 10, 2026 Kevin Brown shares a powerful story of transformation from addiction, incarceration and homelessness to a life defined by service, faith and hope. Growing up in Maryland, he faced poverty and insecurity before alcohol and drugs led him into years of substance abuse, repeated imprisonment and life on the streets.
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In France, pope to highlight life, unity; Vatican confirms he’ll meet with abuse victims Paulina Guzik August 10, 2026 Pope Leo XIV will make a four-day apostolic journey to France Sept. 25-28, with a program that stretches from the Élysée Palace and UNESCO in Paris to the Marian shrine of Lourdes and a final stop in Metz, and it will include a private meeting with victims of abuse in the Church, the Vatican has confirmed.
2 apostles of Sacred Heart meet in Denver; thousands venerate St. Margaret Mary Alacoque relics OSV News August 10, 2026 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s relics drew pilgrims from across Northern Colorado for prayer, veneration and a historic meeting with Denver’s own apostle of the Sacred Heart and a servant of God, Julia Greeley.
World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul to be ‘a celebration of hope,’ archbishop says Courtney Mares August 8, 2026 ROME (OSV News) — Preparations are in full swing for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea, where Pope Leo XIV is expected to join young Catholics from around the world for the second World Youth Day ever held in Asia. The Aug. 3-8, 2027, gathering comes more than three decades after the first World Youth Day in Asia, which drew 4 million to 5 million people to Manila…
Msgr. Rossetti resumes deliverance ministry after removal as DC exorcist Gina Christian August 7, 2026 A priest who was removed as an Archdiocese of Washington exorcist is relaunching his nonprofit deliverance ministry, while remaining a priest in good standing in his home diocese.
Question Corner: What is predestination? Jenna Marie Cooper August 10, 2026 Q: Could you please tell me what exactly predestination is? Also, is this a dogma of the Catholic Church or is it heresy?
The abstraction of ‘brokenness’ Leonard J. DeLorenzo August 10, 2026 We are wounded, yes, and also made in the image of God, also redeemed, also capable of glory, and we are bodies in time and in particular trouble, which is precisely the creature God came to save. He did not take on brokenness in general. He took on flesh, and was hungry, and wept, and bled from named wounds in his hands and his side.
The work ethic incarnate George Weigel August 7, 2026 In his June 2 Wall Street Journal column, Jason L. Riley noted a disturbing trend in our American moment: “According to the Department of Labor, 1 in 3 men were neither working nor looking for a job in April.” That sad state of affairs is multi-causal, to be sure. The hard fact, though, as Jason Riley argued and Nicholas Eberstadt demonstrated in his book Men Without Work, “is that the…
Do I need a new civil marriage license for my convalidation ceremony? Jenna Marie Cooper August 4, 2026 How does this work if the Church considers Catholic weddings to be valid even without a civil marriage ceremony?
Will millions die due to USAID cuts? Effie Caldarola August 3, 2026 How does the world view the U.S. right now? How do we deserve to be viewed? Are we working to create “the beloved community” which Dr. Martin Luther King envisioned, which is another way of saying “the kingdom of God?”
