Note from the Assistant Managing Editor:

A communique released by the Holy See's Press Office on Saturday states that Pope Francis invites "all the faithful of all the world, to pray the Holy Rosary every day" during the Marian month of October.

The community St. Josemaría Escrivá founded to emphasize sanctity amid ordinary life continues to impact souls.

God most often works through His angels; He mediates His presence through them.

"Always be prepared to make a defence ... for the hope that is in you."

In the new letter, released Sept. 27, the former nuncio to the U.S. questions why the Vatican hasn't denied the facts of his testimony and calls on Cardinal Marc Ouellet to provide the key documents on ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.

This is the world, after all. None of us were briefed before arriving here, but the Church herself has posted multiple warnings, and history, too, tells us to expect horrors; and to expect them in every generation.

For the first time, all bishops in China are in communion with Rome, though not all are recognized by the Chinese government.

The Pope Emeritus acknowledged publicly for the first time that his resignation dismayed his friends.

The trouble with Medjugorje.

A priest of the Chicago archdiocese, Fr. Paul Kalchick, has been disciplined by his bishop for burning a Nazi flag that had been lying in a closet somewhere.

By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal

The case involved a Hawaii law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to notify clients about state programs offering free or low-cost "comprehensive family-planning services," including abortion.

The implementation of denying differences between the genders, Ashley McGuire effectively shows, is not only unfair to women, but often dangerous.

Yale students (and quite a few professors) "know" Kavanaugh is guilty of groping some girl in high school, thirty-six years ago. But of course the real charges are that he is white, male, Republican, and a practising Christian.

It is a balanced and measured view: one that condemns the use of marijuana and other drugs for purely recreational purposes, while recognizing their potential benefits for therapeutic purposes.

Researchers found that those who attended religious services or prayed daily throughout their upbringing reported greater positivity and more satisfaction in their lives in their 20s.

How to Heal Your Marriage and Nurture Lasting Love looks at the eight habits that healthy couples cultivate in their relationship and describes, step-by-step, how couples who are struggling can develop those habits in their relationship.

In rejecting passivity and accepting the responsibility of righting things in the household, Telemachus crosses over from boyhood to manhood.

Summer soldiers are those who claim to have been baptized as Soldiers of Christ but who flee from spiritual combat when they are scandalized by news of sin.

Looking for a list of Catholic colleges to consider? Here is the complete pdf guide from the September 16, 2018.