A 16-year-old boy was charged with a terrorism offense Thursday, following Monday’s stabbing of a Christian leader in Sydney. Meanwhile, Mar Mari Emmanuel, who was attacked at the Christ the Go...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/stabbed-sydney-bishop-forgives-attacker-but-boy-is-charged/
The minute my young daughters opened the package, they came clamoring for me to read them Princesses of Heaven. “Mommy! Mommy! Look, it’s about princesses!” they squealed in delight. Th...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/your-daughters-will-love-princesses-of-heaven/
We all have a natural thirst for knowledge. As kids, we were infinitely curious, venturing into the unknown — sometimes at our own risk. Knowledge is a driving force that leads us to explore th...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/how-to-study-to-build-up-knowledge-but-also-virtue/
A belief in Jesus’ resurrection includes a belief that Jesus rose from the dead with a physical body. Jesus did not simply appear to have a body, but had a body that took up space in the natura...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/what-type-of-body-did-jesus-have-when-he-rose-from-the-dead/
In moments when our hearts yearn for guidance and solace in matters of love, seeking the intercession of saints who have shown remarkable devotion to God can provide comfort and clarity. From end...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/5-saints-to-call-on-for-five-different-problems-concerning-love/
Typically, when we pray prayers of petition, we ask God for something that we want or need. We might be asking for good health, a new job, a future spouse or a new child. Whatever it is, we frequ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/do-we-ask-god-for-what-is-good-for-us/
The road to Christian unity is full of stumbling blocks, and a new Vatican document on blessings has presented its own share of challenges. But a Coptic Orthodox bishop from Los Angeles believes ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/la-coptic-bishop-considers-how-dialogue-will-restart/
On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos created via the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process are indeed children. This immediately attracted national attention and pro...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/how-ivf-works-a-doctor-explains/
Israel’s military action to root out Hamas from the Gaza Strip has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities. Add to that another 4,000. That’s the number of ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/israeli-airstrike-blamed-for-death-of-4000-frozen-embryos/
Pope Francis met with his Council of Cardinals on April 15 and 16, 2024, and once again they invited women to come and speak so as to continue their reflection on the role of women in the Church,...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/pope-and-his-close-cardinals-reflect-on-the-role-of-women/
Pope Francis continued his catechesis cycle on virtues and vices at the general audience of April 18, 2024. He considered the fourth cardinal virtue, temperance. He noted how the cardinal virtues...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/pope-considers-a-virtue-as-precious-as-it-is-rare/
In a move that will likely influence the future of many states’ policies on transgender interventions for minors, the US Supreme Court ruled that Idaho may enforce a ban placed on these practic...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/scotus-allows-idaho-ban-on-transgender-intervention-for-minors/
The French Carmelite nun, St. Therese of Lisieux is known and beloved for her Little Way. Accepting her “smallness” before God was not always easy for her, however. In her autobiography, St. ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/18/speak-to-god-with-the-little-flower-photo-gallery/
Spring bursts forth with life. It is a natural invitation to refresh and renew. Catholics can extend this renewal beyond their homes, into their spiritual lives. Spring cleaning is an opportunity...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/a-practical-catholic-approach-to-decluttering-for-spring/
Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, rising in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday. The first people to witness the resurrection of Jesus did not include Peter or any of the apostles. ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/who-were-the-first-people-to-see-the-risen-jesus/
You’ll no doubt have heard a number of times that “laughter is the best medicine.” However, this is a modern-day version of Proverbs 17:22, which states: “A joyful heart is the health of ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/5-ways-to-laugh-at-yourself-when-your-world-is-in-chaos/
Occasionally many of us are unhappy with how God responds to our prayers. We pray countless novenas, miracle prayers and litanies, but nothing appears to happen. This can be frustrating, as it ma...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/why-do-we-complain-that-god-doesnt-hear-our-prayers/
At the end of the general audience of April 17, Pope Francis prayed, as he usually does, for people suffering from war. Today, he added a prayer for those suffering torture: And our thoughts, of ...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/torturing-prisoners-is-a-very-ugly-thing-says-pope/
A new study from CARA, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, is examining the backgrounds of the incoming class of ordinands in 2024. The annual survey of se...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/incoming-priests-cite-strong-family-life-in-vocation-survey/
A new report from Pew Research Center is listing various facts about Catholics and Catholicism in America. While normal Pew surveys tend to ask a series of questions related to a particular topic...
https://aleteia.org/2024/04/17/pew-survey-lists-facts-about-us-catholics/