Never Give Up

The African Journey of Pope Leo XIV has concluded, and he has returned to Rome. This is taken from the @pontifex Instagram account, April 23...

One year ago this week, on the morning of Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, our beloved Pope Francis was called home to the God he served so we...

It was a rough winter for the Rhododendron in Virginia, with their year-round green leaves taking a beating from all the frost, cold, and wi...

When Pope Paul VI addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on October 4, 1965, the memory of the cataclysm of World War II was ...

Posted on @pontifex Instagram yesterday, from Cameroon. Jesus is our only hope.

The African nation of Cameroon has endured civil war in its westernmost regions since 2017. Pope Leo visited the area as part of his pastora...

Here are some more "colors of spring."

I don't wish to reproduce in any form the long insulting rant against Pope Leo XIV that the President of my country posted on Sunday on ...

The Octave of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday. The Mercy of God is inexhaustible. His mercy is infinitely greater than all my sins - all the ...

On Saturday, April 11, 2026, Pope Leo and the people of Rome assembled at Saint Peter’s Basilica to pray the Rosary for peace. Vatican media...

This Friday of Easter Week moves me to recall the late Christina Grimmie. In two months we will mark the 10th anniversary of her tragic pass...

The turbulence in world events this Easter Week is not without historical precedent. The violence and covetousness of persons, communities, ...

Here are some photograph-based digital artworks expressing the colors and freshness of the spring 2026 season in the beautiful Shenandoah Va...

Easter Tuesday. "Today as we all know there was this threat against all the people of Iran. This is truly unacceptable" (Pope Leo...

Christ is Risen, Alleluia! He is Truly Risen, Alleluia, Alleluia! Happy Easter 2026.

Holy Saturday has been the subject of profound theological speculation since the last century, as Christians pondered the terrible anguish o...

My Dad passed away seven years ago today. Here is a picture of that "original Virginia Janaros" family from about 40 years ago, wh...