Jay Sorgi

The Evangelization Lab responds to the call that popes have made to turn the internet into the "new forum for proclaiming the Gospel," and to properly and humanely use technology as an evangelization tool.

Pope Leo XIV has added one of America's leading Catholic educators with expertise in the connection between history and the faith to a key pontifical commission focused on preserving truth, at a time when the Holy Father is warning of how a failure to accurately understand history could lead to a politically and technologically more dangerous future for the world.

The basketball journeys of four players at Catholic universities demonstrate not only accomplishments on the court but something bigger: societal progress against racism.

On the basketball court, "we all came together." In Philadelphia, Nashville and Chicago, Catholic schools have a history of integrating sports, opening doors to the kind of acceptance Black students didn't often receive.

He embodied an archetype: the hard-working, faithful Irish Catholic descendant of immigrants who reached the best of his own ability. But Frank Leahy paid a price for marching Notre Dame to victory on the gridiron.

"If you're watching, your holiness, this is an open invitation. Come on the show anytime."