Where Does the Bible Talk About Mortal Sin?
The Catholic Church teaches that there are two kinds of sin: venial and mortal. While venial sin offends and wounds charity in the soul, mortal sin destroys it. Mortal sin occurs when a gravely evil act is chosen with full knowledge and freedom. The Catechism defines it as “a grave violation of God’s law” which “turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his beatitude”...
Why are some Catholics scared of studying the Bible themselves?
Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why...
The Risk of Acknowledging the Creed of Jesus Christ...
There is a prevailing mindset within the current strata of human society that every individual human being has the right to live by their own creed. Creed, from a secular human perspective, can be defined as the way a person chooses to live their life based on their own personally developed civil and moral code. The content of this personal code may involve how the person views the existence of a God...
Feast of Our Lady of the Snows: St. Mary Major Shines in the Jubilee Year of Hope...
Jesus Our Hope, and Buying an Ostrich...
It’s the feast of Our Lady of the Snows, and you’re reading The Tuesday Pillar Post. There was no Pillar Post last week because I was in Peru in dire straits, but I have returned, and I’ve got stories. First, I’ll tell you, I didn’t eat guinea pig. Eating “cuy” — it’s guinea pig — is a well-known custom in Peru, but mostly in the Andean region, not on the coast, and seemingly not in the town of Pope Leo XIV, where I was working.
Pope’s Sunday Mass at Jubilee of Youth: ‘The Lord Is Gently Knocking at the Window of Your Soul’...
Pope Leo XIV Announces Dates for 2027 World Youth Day in Seoul, South Korea — August 3-8, 2027...
This Sunday, Don’t Let Greed Twist Your Soul Into a Grotesque Hellscape...
In Luke Chapter 12, Jesus is surrounded by a crowd so big that people are trampling each other. Luke shares one question to show how Jesus went about teaching people to avoid hypocrisy. And what a question it is! The Gospels have great examples of the really good questions people ask when they get this chance for a one-on-one encounter with Jesus: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” and “Which is the greatest commandment?” and “Are you the one to come, or shall we look for another?” are some good ones.
Thousands Visit Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s Mortal Remains in Rome for Jubilee of Youth...
8 Ways St. John Henry Newman Is the Doctor of the Church We Need Now...
Elected to the papacy in 1878 after the long, defensive years of Blessed Pius IX, Pope Leo XIII advised paying close attention to his first cardinals. Included among them would be St. John Henry Newman, the towering intellectual convert who, while accepting the truth of Vatican I’s declaration of papal infallibility, thought it was not opportune to do so. Cardinal Newman preferred engagement with modernity rather than estrangement from it...
St. John Henry Newman to Be Declared Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV...
Cardinal Pell Ordered Investigation Into ‘Potentially Illegal’ APSA Banking System...
The Fool’s Vanity: A Reflection on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time...
Pilgrims Travel to Rome for Jubilee of Digital Missionaries...
Here in Chiclayo, everybody’s got a story about Pope Leo XIV...
A Castel Gandolfo Encounter With St. John Paul II...
Listen to Pope Leo: Take a Summer Vacation...
Warsaw Archbishop Asks Vatican to Defrock Priest Charged With the Killing of a Homeless Man...
The Prayer That Will Stop Worry From Running Your Life...
Have you ever noticed how worry can take up residence in your mind, setting up camp as commander?in?chief? But here’s the good news: You don’t have to live in a state of constant worry. When your biggest fears seize your attention, joy and focus are the first casualties, but prayer offers a frontline strategy to reclaim your mind. In this episode, we dive into the kind of prayer that doesn’t just scratch the surface, but actually roots out anxiety at its core.
Can AI Ever Understand Purpose?
I asked AI for a writing prompt, and AI told me to answer this question. “Can AI Ever Understand Purpose?” Thinking myself clever, I put the question right back to AI. You tell me. AI’s answer was that it “processes data, recognizes patterns, and generates responses based on algorithms, but it doesn’t ‘understand’ like humans.” So there. We're done. Well not quite. Then AI switched to first person and addressed me directly...
Ozzy Osbourne, Heavy Metal, and the Sound of Searching Souls...
‘This News Came as a Shock’: Ralph Martin Speaks Out on Detroit Seminary Firings...
The Chaotic, Crash-tastic Sport of Auto Polo from the 1910s...
This Sunday, Fellow Beggars, There is One Ask Our Father Never Refuses...
On the Way, On the Road, and Nuclear Winter...
The 10-Point Plan to Overcome Hyperactivity...
French Bishop Issues ‘Fraternal Correction’ Over ‘Appalling’ Spina Appointment...
Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger Than Protestant Bibles...
Why Our Priests Need Hope, and Community, Now More Than Ever...
Fake Pope Leo XIV: Coming Soon to YouTube?
Darwin, Design and Doctrine: How Catholics Engage Science 100 Years After Scopes...
Pope Leo XIV in Albano: Summer Is a Time to Savor Prayerful Moments With God...
Remembering Jane Greer: A Poet Who Reanchored Us to What Matters...
On the last Saturday night of July, a group got together virtually for a poetry reading. We were fans — and some, friends — of Jane Greer. You may not know her name, but some considered Greer to be the greatest living American poet. She died in a hospital after a few weeks of health complications, having prepared spiritually in the ways one does when one’s earthly days are winding down. Greer lived in North Dakota, so most of us, scattered across the country, wouldn’t be making it to her funeral Mass...
We Tested 7 Ways to Make Bacon — One Was the Clear Winner...
Faith of Our Fathers: A Reflection on the Upcoming Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time...
We are born of the faith of our fathers, descending from a great cloud of witnesses whose faith is attested to on every page of Scripture (see Hebrews 12:1). We have been made His people, chosen for His own inheritance, as we sing in this Sunday’s Psalm. The Liturgy this week sings the praises of our fathers, recalling the defining moments in our “family history.” In the Epistle, we remember the calling of Abraham...
New Gallup Poll: Pope Leo XIV Has ‘Most Positive Image by Far’ of Major Newsmakers...
This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of August...
Five Years on From Port Blast, Pope Expresses Closeness With People of Beirut...
Pope Leo XIV Speaks to Massive Crowd of Youth at Jubilee in Rome: ‘Stay With Us, Lord’...
Artificial Intelligence and the Faith...
Artificial intelligence is hot right now. There are lots of news stories about it. Search engines are starting to use it in a new way. So are robots. And some speaking of a coming singularity. What do faith and reason tell us about all this? Can a robot have a soul? Is there any truth to sci-fi movies like Blade Runner? Does a point come where we should consider artificial intelligences “our neighbor” (see Luke 10:29-37)? Let’s take a look at these issues.
Florida woman gets data back after Google blocked her account following pro-life emails...
St. John Henry Newman’s Elevation as Doctor of the Church Seen as a Gift for Our Times...
Pope Leo XIV’s decision to proclaim St. John Henry Newman the 38th Doctor of the Universal Church will help bring the 19th-century English saint’s teachings to a world in great need of them and at a time when England appears to be at the beginning of a Catholic revival, say those close to the saint’s cause. “This is going to do so much good, dare I say, in the modern world of today because of Newman’s ideas,” Oratorian Father Ignatius Harrison...
I do hope Pope Leo gives us an encyclical on Artificial Intelligence, and soon...
For years I've kept a little "prayer list" close by me — sometimes it's just a slip of scrap paper with names jotted down haphazardly as the needs became known. There is also a little book I keep, prayers for "long term" issues that I know will require ongoing intercession — a friend whose wife has been struggling with cancer and chemo for nearly eight years can be found there...
Now is the time to end organ harvesting from “dead” donors...
The Risk of Responding to God...
Canon-Law Expert Edward Peters Is Third Faculty Member Fired by Detroit Archbishop...
Canon-law professor Edward Peters is the third faculty member at Detroit’s seminary to announce that he has been fired by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger in recent days. Peters, 68, had taught at Sacred Heart Major Seminary since 2005. “My Sacred Heart Major Seminary teaching contract was terminated by Abp. Weisenburger this week. I have retained counsel,” Peters wrote in a social-media post Friday night.
10 Things You Should Know About the Psalms...
Can One Man Save A City?
This morning, I believe I should preach to you about the City of Sodom and the City of God, about the importance of Christ and the importance of Confession. In today’s first reading, Abraham intercedes with the Lord concerning the possible destruction of Sodom. Abraham asks: ‘Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city...
Pope Leo XIV: May Blood of 38 ‘Martyrs’ in Sunday’s Congo Church Attack Become Seed of Peace...
‘The Wizard of Oz’ as You’ve Never Seen It Before...
‘A Voice Told Me Not to Be Afraid’: Sudden ALS Healing Declared 72nd Miracle of Lourdes...
Banana Boat S‘mores Are the Ultimate Campfire Dessert...
James Hitchcock, Church Historian and Popular Author and Professor, Dies at 87...
Despite rainy weather, Catholics in a Paraguayan town dress as birds to honor their patron saint...
Ralph Martin on His Firing: ‘This News Came as a Shock’...
Shake-Up in Detroit: New Archbishop Fires Ralph Martin and Eduardo Echeverria...
Caught on the Kiss Cam: 8 Catholic Lessons From a Scandal That Went Viral...
The Risk of Making an Examination of Conscience...
Swiss Politician Faces Criminal Charges After Firing 20 Shots at Image of Mary and Jesus...
Asked and Answered: A Reflection on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time...
Pope Leo XIV Marks 56th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing With Call to Buzz Aldrin...
Reformed and Renewed: US Catholic Seminaries Enter a ‘Golden Age’...
St. Thomas More’s Skull May Be Exhumed From Canterbury Vault for 500th Anniversary of Martyrdom...
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The Complete List of Popes
- St. Peter (32-67)
- St. Linus (67-76)
- St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88)
- St. Clement I (88-97)
- St. Evaristus (97-105)
- St. Alexander I (105-115)
- St. Sixtus I (115-125)
- St. Telesphorus (125-136)
- St. Hyginus (136-140)
- St. Pius I (140-155)
- St. Anicetus (155-166)
- St. Soter (166-175)
- St. Eleutherius (175-189)
- St. Victor I (189-199)
- St. Zephyrinus (199-217)
- St. Callistus I (217-22)
- St. Urban I (222-30)
- St. Pontian (230-35)
- St. Anterus (235-36)
- St. Fabian (236-50)
- St. Cornelius (251-53)
- St. Lucius I (253-54)
- St. Stephen I (254-257)
- St. Sixtus II (257-258)
- St. Dionysius (260-268)
- St. Felix I (269-274)
- St. Eutychian (275-283)
- St. Caius (283-296)
- St. Marcellinus (296-304)
- St. Marcellus I (308-309)
- St. Eusebius (309 or 310)
- St. Miltiades (311-14)
- St. Sylvester I (314-35)
- St. Marcus (336)
- St. Julius I (337-52)
- Liberius (352-66)
- St. Damasus I (366-84)
- St. Siricius (384-99)
- St. Anastasius I (399-401)
- St. Innocent I (401-17)
- St. Zosimus (417-18)
- St. Boniface I (418-22)
- St. Celestine I (422-32)
- St. Sixtus III (432-40)
- St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61)
- St. Hilarius (461-68)
- St. Simplicius (468-83)
- St. Felix III (II) (483-92)
- St. Gelasius I (492-96)
- Anastasius II (496-98)
- St. Symmachus (498-514)
- St. Hormisdas (514-23)
- St. John I (523-26)
- St. Felix IV (III) (526-30)
- Boniface II (530-32)
- John II (533-35)
- St. Agapetus I (535-36)
- St. Silverius (536-37)
- Vigilius (537-55)
- Pelagius I (556-61)
- John III (561-74)
- Benedict I (575-79)
- Pelagius II (579-90)
- St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604)
- Sabinian (604-606)
- Boniface III (607)
- St. Boniface IV (608-15)
- St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18)
- Boniface V (619-25)
- Honorius I (625-38)
- Severinus (640)
- John IV (640-42)
- Theodore I (642-49)
- St. Martin I (649-55)
- St. Eugene I (655-57)
- St. Vitalian (657-72)
- Adeodatus (II) (672-76)
- Donus (676-78)
- St. Agatho (678-81)
- St. Leo II (682-83)
- St. Benedict II (684-85)
- John V (685-86)
- Conon (686-87)
- St. Sergius I (687-701)
- John VI (701-05)
- John VII (705-07)
- Sisinnius (708)
- Constantine (708-15)
- St. Gregory II (715-31)
- St. Gregory III (731-41)
- St. Zachary (741-52)
- Stephen II (III) (752-57)
- St. Paul I (757-67)
- Stephen III (IV) (767-72)
- Adrian I (772-95)
- St. Leo III (795-816)
- Stephen IV (V) (816-17)
- St. Paschal I (817-24)
- Eugene II (824-27)
- Valentine (827)
- Gregory IV (827-44)
- Sergius II (844-47)
- St. Leo IV (847-55)
- Benedict III (855-58)
- St. Nicholas I (the Great) (858-67)
- Adrian II (867-72)
- John VIII (872-82)
- Marinus I (882-84)
- St. Adrian III (884-85)
- Stephen V (VI) (885-91)
- Formosus (891-96)
- Boniface VI (896)
- Stephen VI (VII) (896-97)
- Romanus (897)
- Theodore II (897)
- John IX (898-900)
- Benedict IV (900-03)
- Leo V (903)
- Sergius III (904-11)
- Anastasius III (911-13)
- Lando (913-14)
- John X (914-28)
- Leo VI (928)
- Stephen VIII (929-31)
- John XI (931-35)
- Leo VII (936-39)
- Stephen IX (939-42)
- Marinus II (942-46)
- Agapetus II (946-55)
- John XII (955-63)
- Leo VIII (963-64)
- Benedict V (964)
- John XIII (965-72)
- Benedict VI (973-74)
- Benedict VII (974-83)
- John XIV (983-84)
- John XV (985-96)
- Gregory V (996-99)
- Sylvester II (999-1003)
- John XVII (1003)
- John XVIII (1003-09)
- Sergius IV (1009-12)
- Benedict VIII (1012-24)
- John XIX (1024-32)
- Benedict IX (1032-45)
- Sylvester III (1045)
- Benedict IX (1045)
- Gregory VI (1045-46)
- Clement II (1046-47)
- Benedict IX (1047-48)
- Damasus II (1048)
- St. Leo IX (1049-54)
- Victor II (1055-57)
- Stephen X (1057-58)
- Nicholas II (1058-61)
- Alexander II (1061-73)
- St. Gregory VII (1073-85)
- Blessed Victor III (1086-87)
- Blessed Urban II (1088-99)
- Paschal II (1099-1118)
- Gelasius II (1118-19)
- Callistus II (1119-24)
- Honorius II (1124-30)
- Innocent II (1130-43)
- Celestine II (1143-44)
- Lucius II (1144-45)
- Blessed Eugene III (1145-53)
- Anastasius IV (1153-54)
- Adrian IV (1154-59)
- Alexander III (1159-81)
- Lucius III (1181-85)
- Urban III (1185-87)
- Gregory VIII (1187)
- Clement III (1187-91)
- Celestine III (1191-98)
- Innocent III (1198-1216)
- Honorius III (1216-27)
- Gregory IX (1227-41)
- Celestine IV (1241)
- Innocent IV (1243-54)
- Alexander IV (1254-61)
- Urban IV (1261-64)
- Clement IV (1265-68)
- Blessed Gregory X (1271-76)
- Blessed Innocent V (1276)
- Adrian V (1276)
- John XXI (1276-77)
- Nicholas III (1277-80)
- Martin IV (1281-85)
- Honorius IV (1285-87)
- Nicholas IV (1288-92)
- St. Celestine V (1294)
- Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
- Blessed Benedict XI (1303-04)
- Clement V (1305-14)
- John XXII (1316-34)
- Benedict XII (1334-42)
- Clement VI (1342-52)
- Innocent VI (1352-62)
- Blessed Urban V (1362-70)
- Gregory XI (1370-78)
- Urban VI (1378-89)
- Boniface IX (1389-1404)
- Innocent VII (1404-06)
- Gregory XII (1406-15)
- Martin V (1417-31)
- Eugene IV (1431-47)
- Nicholas V (1447-55)
- Callistus III (1455-58)
- Pius II (1458-64)
- Paul II (1464-71)
- Sixtus IV (1471-84)
- Innocent VIII (1484-92)
- Alexander VI (1492-1503)
- Pius III (1503)
- Julius II (1503-13)
- Leo X (1513-21)
- Adrian VI (1522-23)
- Clement VII (1523-34)
- Paul III (1534-49)
- Julius III (1550-55)
- Marcellus II (1555)
- Paul IV (1555-59)
- Pius IV (1559-65)
- St. Pius V (1566-72)
- Gregory XIII (1572-85)
- Sixtus V (1585-90)
- Urban VII (1590)
- Gregory XIV (1590-91)
- Innocent IX (1591)
- Clement VIII (1592-1605)
- Leo XI (1605)
- Paul V (1605-21)
- Gregory XV (1621-23)
- Urban VIII (1623-44)
- Innocent X (1644-55)
- Alexander VII (1655-67)
- Clement IX (1667-69)
- Clement X (1670-76)
- Blessed Innocent XI (1676-89)
- Alexander VIII (1689-91)
- Innocent XII (1691-1700)
- Clement XI (1700-21)
- Innocent XIII (1721-24)
- Benedict XIII (1724-30)
- Clement XII (1730-40)
- Benedict XIV (1740-58)
- Clement XIII (1758-69)
- Clement XIV (1769-74)
- Pius VI (1775-99)
- Pius VII (1800-23)
- Leo XII (1823-29)
- Pius VIII (1829-30)
- Gregory XVI (1831-46)
- Blessed Pius IX (1846-78)
- Leo XIII (1878-1903)
- St. Pius X (1903-14)
- Benedict XV (1914-22)
- Pius XI (1922-39)
- Pius XII (1939-58)
- St. John XXIII (1958-63)
- St. Paul VI (1963-78)
- John Paul I (1978)
- St. John Paul II (1978-2005)
- Benedict XVI (2005-2013)
- Francis (2013-2025)
- Leo XIV (2025—)
