20 awesome things people saw at the 1964 World's Fair...

This is the key to increasing vocations...
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
It seems to me that if we want to see an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life, we have to start praying more specifically about what we really want and about what we are willing to give. For example, can we please stop lumping all vocations together? Marriage is sliding down the hill towards the edge of the cliff...

Coptic priest named personal secretary to Pope Francis...
Andrea Gagliarducci
Msgr. Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, a priest of the Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria, has been made second personal secretary to Pope Francis. The position is among the Pope’s closest collaborators, and this marks the first time that an Eastern Catholic priest has been appointed to the position. The vacancy filled by Msgr.

This is how the Vatican Library plans to digitize its archives...

These stunning travel photos remind us that we're all just amateurs with iPhones...

Pope John Paul II on Mary’s witness to the Resurrection of her Son...
Tom Perna
Although the Sacred Scriptures never speak of the Blessed Virgin Mary interacting with Jesus Christ after his Crucifixion on Calvary, it is highly doubtful that He would have never appeared to her or speak to her again. He does give her to Saint John on the Cross, “Women, behold your son”, who in turn represents all Christians and all of humanity...

10 reasons you should believe in the Resurrection of Jesus...
Deacon Matthew Schneider
St Paul said that if Christ did not rise from the dead we are the greatest of fools. But if Jesus did rise from the dead everyone else could be considered the greatest of fools. Now Easter is over, I thought it appropriate to present 10 reasons why the resurrection happened. For instance: If the Apostles made it up, they would have arrived before the women.

Do you like the Ford Mustang? On its 50th birthday, thank the Catholic who helped God create it...
Frank Weathers
His name is Lee Iacocca. A scrappy, first generation, American Italian, kid who got started in the car business as an engineer (schooled at LeHigh University, and Princeton), he switched gears and became a car salesman to the fledgling dealer networks that had arisen to sate the automotive appetites of post-World War II America.

Pope's Monday Regina Coeli address: "Easter joy is not a masquerade!"

How your life is changed by the resurrection of Jesus...

The five-fold argument for the Resurrection...
Joe Heschmeyer
The New Testament consists of first-century, seemingly first-hand accounts of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It also claims to be an eyewitness account and makes some mighty bold claims about what the authors saw and heard. Yet a first-century audience (that is...

How to make Fanesca, the traditional Ecuadorian Holy Week soup...

The teaching of the Church is clear: Souls are actually in hell now, and will be for all eternity...
Tim Staples
While we did not broach the topic of "how many" will be saved; that is for another time, our focus here will be on the question of whether there are and whether there will be souls in hell for all eternity. Greater minds than mine, like the aforementioned Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Fr. Robert Barron...

When the idea of objective truth disappears, intelligent debate is replaced by emotive bullying...

Why is Good Friday called Good Friday? The etymology and origins of the name...

Pope Francis hit some home runs in yesterday's eloquent Chrism Mass homily...

9 things you need to know about Good Friday...