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“Creativity and prudence” to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe

Pope Francis "fondly remembers" his encounters with Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona: I'm Pope Francis' biggest fan

Soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona dies

Pope Francis' new book “Let Us Dream,” a guide to emerge from crisis strengthened

The Economy of Francis - of both saint and pope

The world - and especially the poor - needs a national and global economy that justly and fairly works for everyone. More Info...

Celebrate Sunday Mass - First Sunday of Advent - 11.29.20

The videos for Sunday Mass will be available to view Sunday morning. More Info...

Deacon Keith Fournier on Thanksgiving Day and the Need to Return to God

On this Thanksgiving Day we will gather around the table as families and give thanks to God for the liberty and bounty He has given to us as a Nation. There is a reason our national motto was and still is In God We Trust. We must rediscover that reason once again. As we pause with all of our fellow Americans to give thanks, a question should be considered by all of us together. Are there still self-evident truths and unalienable rights? As Catholic Christians, we affirm that ... More Info...

The Advent Calendar

An Advent calendar has become a tradition for many families when celebrating Advent and the Christmas season. Young children are full of anticipation each time they get to reveal their special treat behind the paper wall each day leading up to Christmas. But do you know where the Advent calendar came from? Or why we lead up to Christmas with the Advent calendar? More Info...

We are thankful for YOU!

This year, Catholic Online, the world's Catholic Library, and Catholic Online School, are enjoying incredible growth. This is due to you and the generosity of our supporters, and the blessings of the Holy Spirit and Our Lady. So, we'd like to say thank you. More Info...

Pope Francis holds meeting with NBA players to discuss social justice

Five NBA players sat down with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday, November 23, to have an open discussion about their individual efforts, and the NBA's efforts, to combat social and economic injustice in the country. More Info...

Celebrate Sunday Mass - The Feast of Christ the King - 11.22.20

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Congregation for the Clergy: Why We Celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe

The Solemnity was initiated so that all the sons of the Church would be instructed, and their faithfulness sustained, by Catholic realism that recognizes that the eternal Word of the Father is the foundation of all things. More Info...

Catholic scholars argue for executive order to protect unborn children under the Constitution

With just two months left in Donald Trump's presidency, some pro-life intellectuals are calling for an executive order that offers legal protection for the unborn. More Info...

No, you don't want socialism. You want justice.

A genuine problem in America is the lack of education, especially on the topics of politics and economics. The result is a widespread condition of ignorance where most people duel over words whose meanings they misunderstand. More Info...

'A heart open to God's will': Mary can teach us all how to pray fully

Pope Francis pointed to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a model of prayer that transforms restlessness into openness to God's will in his livestreamed general audience address Wednesday. More Info...

Bishop Strickland's Address to Every Man, Woman, and Child in His Flock

Bishop Strickland's Address is available to download as a PDF here. More Info...

Locked Down for Thanksgiving? What should Catholics do?

With COVID cases on the rise and ICUs being overwhelmed, lockdowns are returning. And in the USA, these loathed restrictions are coming back just as the holiday season begins. Thanksgiving celebrations are likely to be much smaller, yet some are planning to gather in defiance of public orders they feel are inappropriate. As Catholics, how should we respond? Here is my opinion. More Info...

Government restrictions on religion hit new high, even before COVID

Government restrictions on religion are at their highest since tracking began in 2007, the Pew Research Center has said in its new report, finding that 56 countries reached "high" or "very high" levels of restrictions on religion in 2018. More Info...

After elections, what next? Let the Gospel lead the way!

Not only is the United States a divided country, but the Catholic Church in the U.S. is as divided as the nation. And the presidential election drove home that point. More Info...

Celebrate Sunday Mass - 11.15.20

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito makes POWERFUL statements defending Religious Liberty and Freedom of Speech

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke out about about the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, warning that religious liberty and freedom of speech could be in danger. More Info...

Veterans Day: Prayer for all veterans to find peace and healing

Veterans who return home from war often find they now face a whole new battle. They are left to heal from both the physical, mental and spiritual wounds they received during their time overseas. More Info...

Vatican releases 'McCarrick Report' detailing career and decades of sexual misconduct from former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

The Vatican's Secretariat of State published Tuesday a report on Theodore McCarrick, saying that the Holy See had received inaccurate information about McCarrick from three New Jersey bishops before McCarrick's 2001 appointment as Archbishop of Washington. More Info...

Archbishop Vigano slams US Bishops conference for claiming Biden is second 'Catholic' President

The world in which we find ourselves living is, to use an expression from the Gospel, "in se divisum" (Mt 12:25). This division, it seems to me, consists of a split between reality and fiction: objective reality on one side, and the fiction of the media on the other. This certainly applies to the pandemic, which has been used as a tool of social engineering that is instrumental to the Great Reset, but it applies even more to the surreal American political situation, in which the evidence of a ... More Info...

Daily Readings for Friday, November 27, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 20:11-15, Reading 1: Revelation 21:1-2, Reading 1: Revelation 20:1-4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 84:3-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 84:8, Gospel: Luke 21:29-33 More Info...

Daily Readings for Thursday, November 26, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 18:1-2, Reading 1: Revelation 19:9, Reading 1: Revelation 18:21-23, Reading 1: Revelation 19:1-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 100:2-5, Gospel: Luke 21:20-28 More Info...

Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 15:1-4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98:7-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98:1-3, Gospel: Luke 21:12-19 More Info...

Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 14:14-19, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:10-13, Gospel: Luke 21:5-11 More Info...

Daily Readings for Monday, November 23, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 14:1-5, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 24:1-6, Gospel: Luke 21:1-4 More Info...

Daily Readings for Sunday, November 22, 2020

Reading 1: Ezekiel 34:11-12, Reading 1: Ezekiel 34:15-17, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23:1-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23:5-6, Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46, Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 15:28 More Info...

Daily Readings for Saturday, November 21, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 11:4-12, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 144:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 144:9-10, Gospel: Luke 20:27-40 More Info...

Daily Readings for Friday, November 20, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 10:8-11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:14, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:103, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:24, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:111, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:72, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:131, Gospel: Luke 19:45-48 More Info...

Daily Readings for Thursday, November 19, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 5:1-10, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 149:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 149:9, Gospel: Luke 9:41-44 More Info...

Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 4:1-11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 150:1-6, Gospel: Luke 19:11-28 More Info...

Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 3:14-22, Reading 1: Revelation 3:1-6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 15:2-5, Gospel: Luke 19:1-10 More Info...

Daily Readings for Monday, November 16, 2020

Reading 1: Revelation 2:1-5, Reading 1: Revelation 1:1-4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 1:6, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 1:1-4, Gospel: Luke 18:35-43 More Info...

Daily Readings for Sunday, November 15, 2020

Reading 1: The Proverbs 31:30-31, Reading 1: The Proverbs 31:10-13, Reading 1: The Proverbs 31:19-20, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 128:1-5, Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30, Reading 2: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 More Info...

Daily Readings for Saturday, November 14, 2020

Reading 1: 3 John 1:5-8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 112:1-6, Gospel: Luke 18:1-8 More Info...

Daily Readings for Friday, November 13, 2020

Reading 1: 2 John 1:4-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:17-18, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:10-11, Gospel: Luke 17:26-37 More Info...

Daily Readings for Thursday, November 12, 2020

Reading 1: Philemon 1:7-20, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 146:7-10, Gospel: Luke 17:20-25 More Info...

Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Reading 1: Titus 3:1-7, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 23:1-6, Gospel: Luke 17:11-19 More Info...

Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Reading 1: Titus 2:1-8, Reading 1: Titus 2:11-14, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 37:18, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 37:29, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 37:23, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 37:3-4, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 37:27, Gospel: Luke 17:7-10 More Info...

Daily Readings for Monday, November 09, 2020

Reading 1: Ezekiel 47:8-9, Reading 1: Ezekiel 47:12, Reading 1: Ezekiel 47:1-2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 46:8-9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 46:2-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 46:5-6, Gospel: John 2:13-22, Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 More Info...

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