While most 4-year-olds were speaking to Elmo, Lilâ Dominic Auricchio was talking to the man upstairs. âI had a dream and God came to me,â the now 13-year-old recalled to The Post. âHe told me to be a priest, and then I went into my momâs bedroom . . . it was the middle of … Read more
The Sagrada Familia basilica features sandcastle-like spires, stone carved to look like lush flora, a kaleidoscopic interior and a trove of treasures, some hiding in plain sight. Even regular worshippers at Barcelonaâs world-famous landmark find themselves dumbstruck with wonder. Josep Turull, the Catalan rector of the Sagrada Familia and the priest in charge of its parish activities, … Read more
Heâs God a new gig. Scott-Vincent Borba, the co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics has ditched the multimillion-dollar high life of hobnobbing with the hot likes of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian to pursue priesthood. Donating his entire fortune â including cash, cars and a cushy California beach house â to charity, the âFatherâ to-be denounced his lavish lifestyle … Read more
The âcradle of civilizationâ may be turning into a dust bowl â and some Christians say the Bible saw it coming. The mighty Euphrates River â the legendary waterway that helped give rise to some of humanityâs earliest civilizations â has been shrinking at an alarming rate, sparking fresh fears among end-times believers that an … Read more
Ahead of Easter, faith â and, especially, Catholicism â is suddenly everywhere: with social media influencers, a documented rise in converts and even a Hollywood swell. And the new podcast âCatholics and Cappuccinos,â hosted by actress and former âSaturday Night Liveâ cast member Siobhan Fallon Hogan, is offering insight into all of the above with revelatory … Read more
Jesus rose from the dead. Now, heâs raising follower counts. A new class of hip, young Catholic content creators is making a viral splash on social media, eagerly spreading the good news in an age of uncertainty, and making Catholicism cooler than ever â just in time for Easter. From poking fun at the idiosyncrasies of age-old … Read more
The beauty-obsessed are refusing to âlet go and let God.â Even the Pope has something to say about looksmaxxing and the so-called âMar-A-Lago face.â This week, the Vatican released a document approved by Pope Leo XIV advising against cosmetic surgery. The document, titled âThinking about Christian anthropology in light of certain future scenarios for humanity,â … Read more
Is it the Tech-corcist? With religious rifts widening around the globe, an enterprising Christian leader has potentially devised a way to unite the faiths against a common foe. A Mexican priest named Father Luis Ramirez Almanza is inviting rabbis, imams and evangelical preachers to join a special exorcism training course that, among other evils, specializes in … Read more
Glory, glory, HOT-ellelujah! Lust is one of the seven deadly sins. But the threat of eternal hellfire isnât stopping a herd of hot-to-trot hedonists from going gaga over this good-looking man of God. âSome call him Father, some call him DADDDYYYYYY,â a frisky fiend hooted beneath a now-viral vid of Father Jordan, the newly appointed … Read more
Holy cannoli! In his storied career in the kitchen, chef Salvo Lo Castro has been a star around the world and at the Vatican, plating pasta for popes, world leaders and movie stars alike. These days, heâs traded a life of crosses in Rome for the crosswalks of New York City. âThe secret is I … Read more
Everybody loves a par-ayyy-de. An Italian Brooklyn tradition for over a century, Williamsburgâs Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast draws hundreds of thousands to an annual bacchanal of sausage, peppers and spectacle, courtesy of the festivalâs main character â the gigantic Giglio, a four-ton, 72-foot statue âdancedâ through sweltering streets by a team of 120 … Read more
A Catholic group is calling out Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple TV+ in a letter demanding an apology and removal of a âEucharistic desecrationâ scene in one of its shows. âAs the nationâs largest lay Catholic advocacy organization, we write to express our concern about a blasphemous anti-Catholic scene in the Apple TV+ show, Your Friends and … Read more
Pope Leo XIVâs inauguration ceremony took place in Vatican City earlier today. Many were in attendance, and as tradition goes â when a person is in the presence of a pope, they dress in black, except for Queen Letizia of Spain, who is one of seven women in the world who were granted permission to … Read more
Is it the end of the world as we know it? The âProphecy of the Popes,â a 900-year-old prescient manuscript, is believed by some to predict the next pontiff â and the end of the world. Pope Francis died following a stroke on Monday morning, which led to a coma and ultimately âirreversible cardiocirculatory collapse,ââ … Read more
Sydney Johnston grew up in a non-denominational Christian household â but now the Upper West Side millennial is a devout Catholic. âThereâs just something so beautiful and transcendent about the rituals and the ancient history in the Catholic mass thatâs been preserved,â Johnston, 30, told The Post. âThe church really communicates a degree of reverence … Read more
Megyn Kelly unloaded on the Golden Globe-nominated movie âConclaveâ â then scolded the actors who starred in the âanti-Catholicâ film in a spoiler-fileld takedown. Megyn Kelly criticized the Golden Globe-nominated movie âConclaveâ for being âanti-Catholic.â AP The movie, which stands at a 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, follows religious leaders as they work to … Read more
Pope Francis will commence a centuries-long Catholic tradition on Christmas Eve and introduce a first-time, historical addition to the holy ritual. Starting on Dec. 24, the pontiff will open a series of five Holy Doors throughout the Vatican, including St. Peterâs Basilica, plus Romeâs three other basilicas to commence next yearâs Catholic Church jubilee â … Read more
Ralph Fiennes was hanging out with a Catholic cardinal. The âEnglish Patientâ actor was preparing for his next role, as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the pope movie âConclave,â in theaters Oct. 25, and wanted to spend time with the real deal. Head-first Fiennes went a bit further than that. âI get a text from Ralph, … Read more
A tomb of a medieval Catholic saint was recently opened last month for research â and the condition of her body stunned those who found her. In an Aug. 28 press release translated from Spanish to English, the Diocese of Avila announced the recent opening of the tomb of St. Teresa of Jesus. The saint, also known … Read more
Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who designed a website documenting various Eucharistic miracles and led a faithful life before his death at age 15, will be canonized, the Vatican announced on Monday, July 1. Acutis was one of 15 people approved for canonization at an Ordinary Consistory of Cardinals on Monday, according to the Vatican News website. … Read more