The steward in today’s Gospel confronts the reality that he can’t go on living the way he has been. He is under judgment. He must give account for what he has done. The exploiters of the poor in today’s First Reading are also about to be pulled down, to be thrust from their stations (see Isaiah 22:19). Servants of mammon, or money, they’re so in love with wealth that they reduce the poor to objects; they despise the new moons and sabbaths—the observances and holy days of God (see Leviticus 23:24; Exodus 20:8).

Early reports from across the country suggest that Catholic churches across the country were uniquely full this past Sunday. Social media and on-the-ground reporting indicates that the upswing was attributed to the impact of violence in our country in recent weeks, particularly the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In his recent address to the recently appointed bishops gathered in Rome, casually referred to as “Baby Bishop School,” Pope Leo XIV issued a challenging word

A priest known for his social activism resigned as the vicar of a parish in India’s Ernakulam-Angamaly archeparchy Sunday after he was asked to celebrate the Syro-Malabar Church’s new uniform Eucharistic liturgy. Fr. Augustine Vattoly, the parish vicar of St. Augustine Church, Kadamakkudy, in Kerala state, announced his resignation Sept. 14 in an open letter to Archbishop Joseph Pamplany, the archiepiscopal vicar of Ernakulam-Angamaly.

In December 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago. Within minutes, the building was consumed, and 92 children along with three nuns tragically lost their lives. It remains one of the deadliest school fires in U.S. history. Yet, out of this disaster, came some of the most sweeping changes to building codes, fire safety standards, and school practices ever enacted...

This year, I turn 90. This, of course, is no big deal, except that my age gives me an excellent vantage point from which to tell a true pro-life story. My father was Emmett J. Culligan, the renowned “Culligan Man” who founded the worldwide water-conditioning industry. He and my mother, Anna Bridget Harrington, both of strong midwestern Irish-Catholic stock, together raised seven children. I am the youngest and now the only one remaining. My father’s business success provided us with a home life that, while not extravagant, was very comfortable and incredibly enriching. But it was not always so.

Pope Leo XIV led an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, stressing that “even though they have been killed in body, no one can silence their voice or erase the love they have shown.”

In a lengthy and wide-ranging interview for a new biography of his life, Pope Leo XIV opens up his own background as history’s first U.S.-born pope and the first pope to hold Peruvian citizenship, jesting about who he would cheer for in a hypothetical World Cup, as well as his understanding of the papacy and current topics such as peace in Ukraine, his vision for synodality, and the polarization dividing so much of the world.

On Sunday, his 70th birthday, Pope Leo XIV presided at the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. From the early morning hours, the square had filled up with the faithful carrying banners, flags, and congratulatory signs to celebrate the pope’s milestone.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday morning received Brian Burch, the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace for the formal presentation of his letters of credence. According to a U.S. embassy statement, the two men discussed the ongoing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as "protecting religious freedom, the Vatican’s relationship with China, and the AI revolution."

On Sept. 7, 80,000 worshippers gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV’s first two canonizations: Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati. During his homily, the pope addressed especially the young people, presenting the lives of these new saints—however brief—as guides for holiness. Pier Giorgio Frassati was born April 6, 1901, in Turin to a rich bourgeois family. His father, Alfredo, was a lawyer and ambassador, as well as founder and director of the newspaper...