Spirituality

Relatives of Mexico's disappeared march before the opening day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP/Alejandro Cegarra)

The biblical witness of Mexico's searching mothers

In Mexico, thousands of mothers known collectively as Las Madres Buscadoras search for their disappeared children, refusing to let the collective look away.

Yolanda Chávez

Following in St. Francis' footsteps at a snail's pace in Assisi

Expanding our eucharistic imagination on the feast of Corpus Christi

June 21, 2026: Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Timeline Headlines

Family of Baptist Deacon Jimmie Lee Jackson are seen in front of Good Samaritan Hospital in Selma, Alabama, in February 1965, after a state trooper fatally shot Jackson during a voting rights march earlier that month. From left are Jackson's mother, Viola Jackson, his cousin Rachel Thomas and his grandfather Cager Lee. (AP/Horace Cort, File)

Jun 01, 2026

June 14, 2026: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scripture for Life: Today's Gospel question asks how we might practice the creative compassion that incarnates the kingdom of God in a suffering world.

ByMary M. McGlone

Pope Leo XIV prays during a visit to the archaeological site of Hippo in Annaba, Algeria, April 14, 2026. The site represents the ancient city where St. Augustine, the founder of the pope's religious order, served as bishop in the 4th century. (CNS/Lola Gomez)

May 30, 2026

What is Augustinian spirituality? A priest (and friend of Pope Leo) explains

Fr. Art Pucaro discusses how Catholic social teaching and communal living inform Augustinian spirituality.

ByArthur Purcaro

An older man sits in the back of a row of pews, facing the front of a nearly empty church. (Unsplash/Martin Jernberg)

May 30, 2026

You may forget your kindness to others, but they won't

Our small acts of caring can turn a life around, and we may never even know it.

ByAnne Kertz Kernion

Ian McKellen stars as Gandalf in a scene from the movie "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," an adaptation of the book by J.R.R. Tolkien. Pope Leo turns to the words of Gandalf in the newly released encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. (CNS/courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

May 27, 2026

Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in 'Magnifica Humanitas' — are we listening?

As we witness the rise of AI and the spread of violence and hatred across the globe, we can draw wisdom from both a fictional wizard and a very real pope.

ByEric Clayton

"Art, music, poetry and literature are expressions of God's presence in every moment. They don't help us escape from reality, they help us dive into reality," writes Mickey McGrath. (Mickey McGrath)

May 23, 2026

Whether Einstein or someone in poverty, we all need art

Beauty is indeed saving the world, coming to the rescue one violin and paintbrush at a time, writes Br. Mickey McGrath.

ByMickey McGrath

Sequoyah's invention of a Cherokee syllabary helped translate the Bible soon after missionaries' arrival.

May 21, 2026

The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews

For language learners today, the Cherokee Bible does more than show how the Cherokee interpreted Christian theology; it is a window into the Cherokee worldview.

ByTom Belt, Margaret Bender, The Conversation