Prayer

Pope Leo XIV has called on Catholics to pray for priests who find themselves in crisis and to “support those who so often support us.”

The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued an Easter message calling the Iran war an “expanding wreckage” and its timing a “deep darkness.”

Pope Leo XIV urged the wealthy citizens of Monaco to remember the poor and protect every human life, saying the Last Judgment “places the poor at its center.”

“Life reveals itself as a continual act of trusting in the Lord and abandoning ourselves to him, even when his plans unsettle our own.”

Well, here we are in mid-March and mid-Lent and once again I am renewing my annual quest to memorize the Lorica of St. Patrick, in its fullness.

After a 31-day Mass streak — better than any Duolingo streak I ever had, for the record — God has shown me a ton. Here are just a few lessons …

Pope Leo XIV shared this prayer to St. Francis with Franciscan leaders in early 2026.

Catholics in the Middle East are reeling with shock and sorrow, and responding with prayer, amid joint strikes Israeli and U.S. forces launched on Iran Feb. 28.

So what are we doing on a mountaintop in the early days of Lent?

A good Lent should help us recommit ourselves to that seeking for holiness, which should be what our life in Christ means for us.