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Jimmy Lai’s sentence means it’s time to end the Vatican-China deal

It’s time for each and every one of us Catholic laypeople to muster every bit of influence we have toward one goal: divorcing our Church from the brutal regime that has attacked our brother.

Opinion

Jason Scott Jones

• Feb 10, 2026

Communist China still fears Christianity, and Jimmy Lai’s sentence proves it

Sentencing a frail 78-year-old Catholic to 20 years in prison is no act of justice. It is a calculated death sentence meant to terrorize Hong Kong and crush Christian resistance.

Opinion

Steven Mosher

• Feb 10, 2026

Pope Leo XIV restores ancient blessing of lambs on Feast of St. Agnes

The ancient Roman ritual emphasizes communion of the Pope with archbishops around the world who wear pallia woven from the wool of the blessed lambs.

Analysis

Gaetano Masciullo

• Jan 22, 2026

Jimmy Lai’s daughter: ‘My dad is shrinking to nothing. If China fails to act, he’ll be a martyr.’

Claire Lai, daughter of the Catholic convert imprisoned by the Chinese Communists, said her father's health is rapidly deteriorating and is a constant concern for the family.

News

Doug Mainwaring

• Dec 13, 2025Dec 15, 2025

St. Eulalia exemplified the virtue of purity against the pagans unto bloody martyrdom

Impiety strips St. Eulalia, our martyr, but modesty veils her. Let all, then, learn from this holy virgin to cultivate not beauty but virtue, nor form but faith.

Blogs

Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Dec 10, 2025Dec 10, 2025

Archbishop Aguer remembers the legacy of an Argentine Catholic martyred by communists

December 22 will be the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of Carlos Alberto Sacheri, who was besieged by a commando of the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) terrorist group while he was returning from Mass with his family in Buenos Aires.

Opinion

Archbishop Héctor Aguer

• Nov 18, 2024Nov 15, 2024

St. Januarius’ liquefying blood is an enduring legacy of his matryrdom for Jesus

When the martyr’s blood, which is preserved congealed in a glass vial, is brought in presence of his head, it liquefies and boils up in a wonderful manner, as if it had been but recently shed.

Blogs

Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Sep 19, 2024Sep 17, 2024

Deacon St. Lawrence’s heroic life and death show us what it really means to serve God and man

The life and death of St. Lawrence speak the timeless message of the Gospel. Whether we are called to shed our blood or simply offer our sacrifices daily in a continuous life of poured-out love, we continue the redemptive work of the Lord.

Blogs

Deacon Keith Fournier

• Aug 9, 2024

St. Stephen’s body was hidden for centuries until revealed in a vision after the sack of Rome

‘There is no one, stranger or citizen, barbarian or Scythian, that does not experience, through thy intercession, the greatness of heavenly realities,’ wrote Basil of St. Stephen

Blogs

Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Aug 3, 2024Aug 2, 2024

St. Peter’s chains and the Maccabee brothers highlight the duty of clinging to Christ above all

St. Peter’s chains, in which he was bound for professing Christ, serve as the visible witness of his glorious martyrdom for the One he followed.

Blogs

Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Aug 1, 2024Jul 30, 2024

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Jimmy Lai’s sentence means it’s time to end the Vatican-China deal

Communist China still fears Christianity, and Jimmy Lai’s sentence proves it

Pope Leo XIV restores ancient blessing of lambs on Feast of St. Agnes

Jimmy Lai’s daughter: ‘My dad is shrinking to nothing. If China fails to act, he’ll be a martyr.’

St. Eulalia exemplified the virtue of purity against the pagans unto bloody martyrdom

Archbishop Aguer remembers the legacy of an Argentine Catholic martyred by communists

St. Januarius’ liquefying blood is an enduring legacy of his matryrdom for Jesus

Deacon St. Lawrence’s heroic life and death show us what it really means to serve God and man

St. Stephen’s body was hidden for centuries until revealed in a vision after the sack of Rome

St. Peter’s chains and the Maccabee brothers highlight the duty of clinging to Christ above all