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Pope Leo XIV urges Italians to rediscover their faith during prayer before remains of St. Augustine

PAVIA, Italy — Pope Leo XIV encouraged Italians on Saturday to rediscover their lagging Catholic faith during a visit to northern Italy where he prayed before the relics of St. Augustine, the intellectual giant of the early Christian church and inspiration of his religious spirituality. Leo traveled...

Breaking My Caffeine Addiction Brought Me Closer to God

A little over two weeks ago, I made the decision to finally stop drinking caffeine. I have been addicted to coffee for 21 years and Diet Coke for a few years before that. I have known for a while that the Lord wants me to let this addiction go. And yes, it is a full-blown addiction. Anytime we say “...

Noelia Castillo and the False Mercy of Euthanasia

On March 26, 2026, Noelia Castillo Ramos, a twenty-five-year-old Spanish woman, died by legal euthanasia in Barcelona. Her father fought for twenty months to stop it. He argued that his daughter, already marked by suicide attempts, psychiatric illness, trauma, and severe physical suffering, should f...

Not All Fear Is Bad: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus tells His disciples that there is empty fear and worthy fear.  How will they know the difference? Gospel (Read Mt. 10:26-33) The tenth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel begins with Jesus calling the Twelve Apostles, then sending them out to preach the Good News He’s going to teach them.  He gives th...

Love Has No Why

The famed Dominican friar Meister Eckhart has a phrase, “Love has no why” (Die Minne hat kein Warum), and it is perhaps one of the most famous statements in Western Christian mysticism. In its fuller, but less familiar form, he writes: “Love has no why. It loves because it loves. It knows no reason....

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear

John, the son of Zebedee, was a simple man who fished the waters of the Sea of Galilee in the first century A.D. He joined Jesus after hearing John the Baptist proclaim that Jesus was the Lamb of God. He witnessed many of Jesus’ miracles, including the astonishing miracle of the healing of the Geras...

Enduring Love: 4 Inspiring Father’s Day Stories

Dads, grandfathers, mentors, clergy—so many men in our communities are uplifting friends and loved ones, many going unseen. This Father’s Day, Catholic Exchange brings you true stories of fathers transforming lives. Neighborhood Favorite -Lynne Parker Davis from Atlanta, GA My dad, Jack Gordon Parke...

The Father Who Runs to You

What don’t you like about yourself? Even after going to Confession, do you still sometimes feel ashamed of your sins? And is this making you wonder if Father God is keeping you in misery because you don’t deserve better treatment? Father God is full of compassion for you. Compassion is not something...

A Divine Encore: The Atheists Who Couldn’t Accept a Meaningless Life

Jacques Maritain and his dear friend Raïssa Oumansoff were students at the Sorbonne. Their searching intellects, however, were frustrated by the fact that they could find no truth that would satisfy their restless minds. At that time Jacques was without any religious belief, and Raïssa was a self-de...