National Catholic Register

The National Catholic Register holds the distinction of being the oldest national Catholic newspaper in the U.S. Established on November 8, 1927, by Msgr. Matthew J. Smith, it originally began as the National Edition of the Denver Catholic Register. The publication covers a wide range of topics, including news and features from the United States, the Vatican, and around the globe, focusing on areas like culture, education, literature, arts, and entertainment, along with engaging interviews. Its online platform features a variety of blogs and up-to-date news stories.

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How People Get the Gospel Wrong, New Recording From the London Oratory Schola Boys Choir, On Not Skipping Mass in Summer, and More Great Links!

3 days ago | ncregister.com | Tito Edwards

The Best In Catholic Blogging ‘Gospels’ (photo: Krzysztof Karwan / Pixabay / CC0 / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Blogs June 24, 2025 How People Get the Gospel Wrong – Jimmy Akin at Catholic Answers Magazine New Recording From the London Oratory Schola Boys Choir – Terrific! – Fr. Z’s Blog On Not Skipping Mass, Even in the Summer – Evangeline Lothian at Catholic Stand Magazine All Vocations Are Local – Stephen White at The Pillar Mothers, Encourage Your Sons to Be Open to the Priesthood – Constance T. Hull...
Meet the Future of the Church: Seminarians Gather in Rome for Jubilee

3 days ago | ncregister.com | Courtney Mares

Here are nine seminarians on their own personal call to the priesthood. Seminarian Thomas Hammen smiles in view of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Tuesday. June 24, 2025. (photo: Courtney Mares/CNA / EWTN) Vatican June 24, 2025 More than 2,500 seminarians from 57 countries converged on Rome this week to pray at the tomb of St. Peter, receive a blessing from Pope Leo XIV, and celebrate their vocations in the Jubilee of Seminarians.
Pope Leo’s Family Tree Has It All

3 days ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. calls ‘one of the most diverse family trees’ he’s ever come across. L to R: Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful in front of the Basilica of St. Mary Major after imparting a Eucharistic blessing following a Eucharistic procession on June 22, Corpus Christi Sunday.
Are the Gospels Made-Up Accounts, What We Mean by ‘Fear of the Lord’, and More Great Links!

4 days ago | ncregister.com | Tito Edwards

The Best In Catholic Blogging ‘Holy Bible’ (photo: Pedro Ivo Pereira Vieira Pedin / Pixabay / CC0 / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Blogs June 23, 2025 Are the Gospels Made Up, Non-Historical Accounts? – Jenna Marie Cooper at Our Sunday Visitor What We Mean by ‘Fear of the Lord’ – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine Magnificat: Enhance or Extol? – Father Kenneth M.
Cardinal Zen’s Bold Latin Mass Statement Sends Multiple Messages to Hong Kong

4 days ago | ncregister.com | Matthew McDonald

The retired Hong Kong cardinal led a Eucharistic procession after celebrating a Latin Mass on June 22. Cardinal Joseph Zen leads a Eucharistic procession in Hong Kong after celebrating the Latin Mass June 22.
When the World Catches Fire: National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

4 days ago | ncregister.com | Jeffrey Bruno

Amid ash and loss, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage brings hope to the streets once consumed by flames. Faith, resilience and hope: The Eucharist is carried through the streets of Altadena, led by clergy and laity passing through neighborhoods once shadowed by the Eaton Fire. (photo: Jeffrey Bruno, National Catholic Register/EWTN News) Nation June 23, 2025 It Felt Like the Apocalypse.
How the Rosary Led Jim Caviezel to Hollywood, Finding and Fulfilling the Will of God, What Jesus Said About Hell, and More Great Links!

5 days ago | ncregister.com | Tito Edwards

The Best In Catholic Blogging Jim Caviezel (photo: Genevieve / Wikimedia Commons / ChurchPOP / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Blogs June 22, 2025 How the Rosary Led Jim Caviezel to Hollywood: Our Lady’s Hand Has Guided My Life – Jacqueline Burkepile at ChurchPOP Finding and Fulfilling the Will of God – Father Nnamdi Moneme, O.M.V., at Catholic Exchange What Jesus Said About Hell Part 1 – Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction Eucharistic Vision of Saint Frances of Rome: Mystical Insights – Father Robert...
An Exquisitely Carved Altarpiece From 1692, Do Yoga Exercises Mock God, The Beatitude of Poverty, and More Great Links!

6 days ago | ncregister.com | Tito Edwards

The Best In Catholic Blogging An Altarpiece Carved by G. Barberini, A. Radaelli, & A. Cassina in 1692 (photo: Photo by Liturgical Arts Journal / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Blogs June 21, 2025 An Exquisitely Carved Altarpiece from 1692 – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal A Yoga Retrospective: Don’t These Exercises Mock God?
Pope Leo XIV on AI: ‘All of Us Are Concerned for Children and Young People’

1 week ago | ncregister.com | Victoria Isabel Cardiel

The Holy Father stressed that the evaluation of the benefits or risks of AI must be made ‘taking into account the well-being of the human person ... safeguarding the inviolable dignity of each human person and respecting the cultural and spiritual riches and diversity of the world’s peoples.’ Pope Leo waves to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square on June 15.
Pope Leo XIV Loves Baseball - Will He Name Its Patron Saint?

1 week ago | ncregister.com | Jonathan Liedl

The White Sox-loving Pope may be poised to canonize a Catholic priest with deep ties to America’s pastime who could be 'a conduit of grace in the dugout.' Background: A Knights of Columbus baseball team poses for a team photograph in Boston on Aug. 30, 1902. Foreground: Richard Whitney’s painting of Blessed Michael McGivney (l) and Leo XIV wearing a Chicago White Sox cap during the June 11 general audience in St. Peter’s Square.