Zach Zarembinski was 18 when he suffered a massive brain bleed during a high school football game, was rushed to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., and placed in a coma. Nine days later, 16-year-old Isabelle Richard arrived at the adjacent children’s hospital on the same campus after a near-fatal car crash left her in a coma.

Para conmemorar el aniversario número 1,700 del Concilio Ecuménico de Nicea, en el que se formuló el credo que lleva el nombre de esa ciudad y que recitamos los domingos durante la misa, el papa León XIV escribió una carta apostólica titulada “In Unitate Fidei” (“Sobre la unidad de la fe”).

To commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, which began the formulation of the Nicene Creed that we recite during Mass on Sundays, Pope Leo XIV has written an apostolic letter “In Unitate Fidei” (“On the Unity of Faith”).

During his first Sunday Angelus address for 2026, Pope Leo XIV offered an insight into the hope that Jesus made possible by his Incarnation.

Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St. John Henry Newman, who is “a radiant light for the Church on pilgrimage through history,” to the General Roman Calendar so that “his Optional Memorial be celebrated by all on 9 October.”

In a message to the Archdiocese of Milan, Pope Leo XIV expressed his hope that the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be an occasion of solidarity and bridge-building between peoples and cultures.

Por tanto, vayan y hagan discípulos de todas las naciones … (Mt 28:19) Esta “Gran Comisión” de Cristo es una misión que llevamos a cabo hoy cada uno de nosotros, sus seguidores, y la Iglesia que fundó.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations … . (Mt 28: 19) This “great commission” of Christ is carried out today by each of us—his followers—and by the Church he founded.

La lectura del Evangelio del cuarto domingo del tiempo ordinario (Mt 5:1-12a) contiene las ocho bienaventuranzas que consideramos como los principios éticos fundamentales del cristianismo y que, sin duda, prescriben una forma de vida que conduce a la bondad y a la verdadera felicidad. Pero las bienaventuranzas son mucho más que un conjunto de pautas morales.

The Gospel reading for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mt 5:1-12a) contains the Eight Beatitudes. These have been described as Christianity’s fundamental ethical principles, and they certainly do proscribe for us a way of living that leads to goodness and a happy life. But the Beatitudes are much more than a set of moral guidelines.

There are some coincidences in time that are attention getters. This year, we have one such: Christian Lent begins the same day as Islam’s Ramadan.

Those of us who are sports fans to any degree have been there. We might have been in a large stadium watching our favorite college or professional team play. Maybe we were in a school gym, parking lot or at a football field for a child’s CYO game. Or we might simply have been sitting on a couch at home following a big game on TV.

In the spirit of synodality, successful planning requires broad consultation and teamwork. It requires a profound sense of openness to the guidance of the Holy Spirit—as this is manifested both through the rich history of the Church in this region and in the present circumstances. —Archbishop Charles C. Thompson

Those of us who are sports fans to any degree have been there. We might have been in a large stadium watching our favorite college or professional team play. Maybe we were in a school gym, parking lot or at a football field for a child’s CYO game. Or we might simply have been sitting on a couch at home following a big game on TV.

Roughly 1,200 people served as joyful witnesses to the sanctity of life during the eighth Indiana March for Life on Jan. 22. The date is significant.