Before now, one of the few ways to date the Dead Sea Scrolls was through palaeography (the study of handwriting) and radiocarbon dating. These methods place the age of the scrolls somewhere between the 3rd century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. But a new AI date-prediction model may provide a more accurate date for the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. After using this new model, called Enoch, researchers have...

Pentecost wasn’t a slow spiritual awakening. It was a detonation. The Church didn’t tiptoe onto the scene — it burst into the world with power, clarity, and joy. And that same Spirit that flipped the lives of the Apostles upside down... still moves today. In this episode, we delve into what really happened on Pentecost and why it matters more than ever. If you’ve been stuck in fear, burnout, or just wondering where God is, this is for you...

On Pentecost Sunday Year C, we are faced with two realities. One is mysterious and otherworldly, and the other one is matter-of-fact. As it turns out, though, they are one thing: The coming of the Holy Spirit teaches us that God is real and is poised at the ready to invade our life — but it also teaches us that our everyday life is filled with divine importance. Here are five takeaways from Sunday Readings columns at this site and the Extraordinary Story podcast.

Have you ever wondered how gas stations evolved from curbside fire hazards to the highly engineered, efficient systems we use today? In this video, we break down the hidden engineering behind every part of a gas station: from underground fiberglass storage tanks to the venturi-effect mechanism inside your fuel nozzle.

During the Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV recalls how the Holy Spirit accomplished 'something extraordinary' in the lives of the Apostles, and suggests that today, the Holy Spirit likewise descends upon us, ready to shatter our inner chains, fears, and hardened hearts, to make us new.

Pope Leo XIV meets with participants in the Symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity," and highlights the many aspects that unite Christians, as the Church celebrates the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher of the Archdiocese of Sydney has spoken about how a revival of the Catholic Faith is spreading across Australia and beyond. The Archdiocese of Sydney welcomed a record 384 catechumens and candidates during this year’s Easter period, marking a 30 per cent increase from the previous year. The archdiocese has also ordained a bishop, along with two deacons and a priest in the space of one month...

Jordan Peterson’s recent appearance on Jubilee Media’s 1 Christian vs. 20 Atheists (a title that has since been changed for reasons that will become obvious shortly) was not just another clickbait clash of ideologies. It was an unraveling of sorts, one that must be viewed not in isolation, but through the broader arc of a man who once radiated conviction and clarity – and now flickers with something closer to confusion.

The candlelit church in Greenwich Village was packed. After months of study and preparation, 19 adults sat at the front, dressed in white, nervously awaiting their turn at the baptismal font. One by one, they stepped forward. After anointing them with chrism (holy oil), the priest poured water over their heads, baptizing them into the Catholic Church in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte has made news with his order, if I may be permitted a metaphor, that the Vetus Ordo be celebrated only in a certain broom closet in Swannanoa. It seems also that he was about to ban some of the features of the TLM that tradition-minded people who attend the Novus Ordo favor, such as kneeling to receive the Sacrament, or facing the Risen Christ as we pray ad orientem...