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National Day of Prayer May 7 Has Pulled in More Younger Catholics Than Any Year in Two Decades
Registration data for the May 7 National Day of Prayer shows participation among Catholics under thirty five at the highest level since...
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Is Quietly Returning to Nashville Parishes
Nine Nashville parishes now host perpetual or extended adoration, up from five in 2023. The data behind the revival is more interesting...
Cap-Haitien Catholic Kitchens Are Feeding 14,000 a Day While the World Looks Away
Sister Marie Esther runs fourteen parish kitchens in Cap-Haitien serving 14,000 meals a day. Pope Leo XIV named hunger his May prayer...
Carlo Acutis Becomes the First Millennial Saint May 17, and US Parishes Are Getting Ready
The Vatican confirmed the canonization Mass for Sunday May 17 in St. Peter's Square. Bishops across the country are using the lead-up to...
Parish Rosary Processions Are Back in May and the Numbers Are Showing Up
A devotional practice that nearly disappeared from American Catholic parishes in the 1990s is returning with significant participation....
Columbus Parish Becomes Official Fatima Centennial Pilgrimage Site
Vatican has approved Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Columbus as a Fatima centennial pilgrimage site, granting plenary indulgences for...
The Pentecost Novena Begins May 15 and Catholic Parishes Are Seeing the Largest Sign Ups Since the Pandemic
The original Christian novena starts the evening after Ascension and runs nine days through Pentecost vigil. Diocesan tracking shows the...
The Case for Sabbath as the Most Countercultural Thing You Can Do in 2026
In a culture that rewards constant productivity and punishes rest, choosing to stop one day a week is not laziness. It is an act of faith...
Pope Leo XIV Holds His First General Audience Wednesday in St. Peter's Square
The first Wednesday audience of a pontificate is more than a ceremonial milestone. It signals what the Pope wants Catholics worldwide to...
The Feast of Joseph the Worker Falls on May 1 This Year and It Is Hitting Differently in 2026 With Pope Leo XIV Marking His First Year and a Workforce Asking Bigger Questions About Vocation
May 1 is the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. It was added to the calendar in 1955 as a Catholic answer to the secular labor day. In 2026...
National Day of Prayer Returns Thursday May 7 With New Theme and Pope Leo's First American Address
Churches and ministries across the country are preparing for the 75th National Day of Prayer next Thursday with a renewed focus on unity...
National Day of Prayer May 7 Preview Builds Toward 75th Observance
The National Day of Prayer Task Force confirmed the 75th observance on May 7 with the theme Lift Up the Word Light Up the World. Coast to...
May Belongs To Mary, And The Old Tradition Of A Marian Month Is Quietly Coming Back
Friday begins the Marian month of May in Catholic and Anglican tradition. Parishes that had let the practice fade are bringing back May...
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Is Growing at a Pace Nobody Expected
Fifty-five new missions, seminary enrollment hitting one million, and a surge in converts signal that the LDS Church is experiencing growth...
The Megachurch Era Is Quietly Ending and Pastors Are Building Something Smaller in Its Place
Micro churches and house churches are growing across denominations as megachurch attendance flattens. Lifeway data shows 14 percent of US...
The Christ Followers Nobody Talks About Are Dying for Their Faith Right Now
The 2026 World Watch List records the highest persecution levels ever measured, with over 315 million Christians facing extreme conditions...
Gen Z Is Converting to Christianity and It Is Not What You Think
A growing number of young people are walking into churches for the first time and the reasons have nothing to do with tradition or family...
Over 13,000 Adults Were Baptized at Easter in France and It Signals Something Bigger
More than 13,200 adults and 8,100 adolescents were baptized during the Easter Vigil in France this year, and the numbers point to a...
The World's 2.5 Billion Christians Are the Largest Religious Group on Earth and the Most Persecuted Outside the West
Christianity remains the world's largest religion but the growing persecution of believers in the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of...
Confession Lines Are Stretching Around the Block Again and It Is Mostly Men Under 35
Catholic parishes across the country are reporting confession lines so long they have to schedule extra priests, and the data shows the...
The Black Church Has Always Been an Economic Institution. That's More Important Right Now Than Ever.
Congregations across the country are turning Sunday worship into economic action. Faith-driven buy Black movements are reclaiming something...
The Top Catholic Military Archbishop Just Called the Iran War Unjust and Told Troops to Do as Little Harm as Possible
Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees Catholic ministry for all branches of the US military, declared this week that the ongoing...
One in Three Americans Now Trust AI for Spiritual Advice and the Church Should Pay Attention
New Barna research shows that nearly a third of U.S. adults consider spiritual guidance from AI as trustworthy as advice from a pastor,...
America Is Getting More Religious Again and the Numbers Behind It Challenge Everything We Have Been Told
For the third consecutive year the share of nonreligious Americans has declined, reversing a trend that experts said was irreversible and...
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