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When: Thu, 12/24/2020 at 5:00pm - What: A Conversation with Father Paolo Cugini, priest and theologian in conversation with Stefano Albertini, NYU. The episode will be broadcast on Casa's Facebook Page and website For this Christmas Eve episode of Tutti a Casa! the guest is Father Paolo Cugini, priest and theologian, author of Chiesa popolo di Dio....

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On a 40-acre plot of land in Howell, in the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, stands the humble foundation for the establishment of a worldwide network of health care facilities that St. Pio of Pietrelcina set in motion nearly 70 years ago. In 1956, Padre Pio, as he is best known, founded Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, or Home for the Relief of Suffer...

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Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen beatified in October, is not only responsible for a medical miracle, he also has inspired a song featuring his own quotations. Born an Original had its television debut on 18th November on CFN Live, a programme on the Catholic Faith Network, which serves New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Blessed Acutis, no...

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THE CHURCH OF SAN DOMENICO Maggiore is one of the largest and most important religious buildings in Naples. While the baroque interior of the church attracts the attention of most tourists, the sacristy hides many secrets. Inside the sacristy, the balcony is adorned with 42 sepulchers of various members of the Aragonese royal family. They house var...

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THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SAN Matteo (Museo Nazionale di San Matteo) is a hidden-gem that is about a 15-minute walk from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Museum features a rich collection of works from historic ecclesiastical buildings in the city and Province of Pisa. The works span from the early Middle Ages to the 16th-century. The collection include...

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Driving to the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels in West Humboldt Park as the first specks of snow fell this winter, I was taken back to my time writing obituaries as a cub reporter. There was an unwritten rule then at the Archdiocese of Chicago’s newspaper, the Chicago Catholic: Priests always got top billing. Shorten the nuns’ obituaries first, i...

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It is a gloomy and rainy Sunday morning in Portici, a densely populated town near Naples. Local priest Don Giorgio Pisano walks the streets to visit his parishioners who are forced to stay in because of the lockdown. He cannot see them in their homes, but he can still talk to them on the Intercom. Don Giorgio knows them all individually. He asks ab...

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Italian-born Cardinal-designate Silvano Tomasi describes himself as “one of those 40 million Americans who were born outside the United States, but at the same time are part of the makeup of the country.” The Italian-American cardinal-designate, who celebrated his 80th birthday on Columbus Day, has not lived full time in the United States since 198...

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RICHARD LUKE CONCANEN WAS A Catholic prelate born in Ireland in 1747. He completed his studies in Italy and served various roles in several churches. Thanks to his friendship with the Archbishop of Baltimore, he was able to secure permission to establish a Dominican province in the newly established United States. In 1808, Pope Pius VII appointed C...

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The feature length film will simply be called “Cabrini.” Before completing the script, executive producer J. Eustace Wolfington and screenwriter Rod Barr read 22 books on the life of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and spent time in the Vatican archives.  They discovered that Cabrini personally lobbied Pope Leo XIII to found her own missionary religious...

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