‘In Jesus’ Name I Play’: Denver Broncos Rookie QB Bo Nix Leads With Faith...
St. André Bessette, Miracle Worker, Welcomes All Who Knock...
Jan. 6 in the United States (except when it actually is Epiphany) can be celebrated as the optional memorial of St. André Bessette (1845-1937). In Canada, it’s an obligatory memorial on Jan. 7. Canonized in 2010, he is known for many things. He was a powerful propagator of devotion to St. Joseph. He was the human spiritus movens behind St. Joseph’s Oratory, which towers over Montréal. He was known in his day (and in his sainthood) for the gift of healing.
Catholic Priest in Belarus Convicted of Treason, Sentenced to 11 Years in Penal Colony...
How to Meet Christ With Tired Eyes and a Hungry Soul...
As usual, I’m late to a 7 a.m. weekday Mass, and I sneak into the last pew for the Gospel. It’s the one about God knowing every sparrow and counting all our hairs. I figure he must know, then, that I intended to get to church on time. “The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.” I yawn. After the homily, Father Andrew launches into the liturgy of the Eucharist, and I’m starting to perk up a bit...
7 Bible Verses Every Child Should Learn...
When I work with young children I like to remind them that they possess a special superpower: their memory! Although children are notorious for “forgetting” to unload the dishwasher or tidy their rooms, the truth is that God has blessed them with an amazing capacity to learn things by heart. Much like their body, the mind of a child is flexible and resilient, just waiting to be filled with facts, dates, prayers, poems, and psalms.
You are not being asked to be anything other than human...
This column was meant to be a bit of a new year advisory, a heady warning about all the "troubling trends to look out for in 2025," and heaven knows there are enough alarming currents sweeping all around us. One in particular has enough undertows to sink the whole society: the story of Luigi Mangione, his murder of United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson and the ensuing hero worship, of him...
Striking new archaeological evidence shows that the early Christians did, in fact, pray to the saints...
I’m excited to tell you that new archaeological evidence has pointed to yet more evidence that the early Christians prayed to the saints. Some of this is very new evidence — December 2024 is when this was announced to the public — and some of this builds on what we already knew. So a little bit of backstory here. On an episode of Catholic Answers Live recently, Cy Kellett asked me if I’d heard about this evidence out of Frankfurt, Germany...
Mount Shasta ski resort owner angers Northern Californians by putting up Virgin Mary statue...
This Sunday, Follow the Light to Find the King: 5 Epiphany Takeaways...
This Sunday is The Epiphany of the Lord, when we celebrate the magi that we call “three kings” though they aren’t really kings as they travel to see the infant hidden in Bethlehem who really is a king. It gives us a deeper understanding about what the Kingdom of God is all about. Here are five takeaways from the Extraordinary Story podcast and This Sunday columns at this site.
Longing for Home at Christmastime...
Home is like heaven. What more is there to say? Dickens’s immortal short story of Christmas goes to the deepest longings of the human heart. This stands to reason, as the great drama of human life is always a drama of home, and home-coming. And this tends to come to light at Christmas. Stave Two of A Christmas Carol holds the key. Among a few unforgettable images from Christmas past, that of Scrooge’s dear little sister Fan stands out.
‘In the Beginning’: Creation Through the Eyes of Faith and Art...
2 Great Icons for the Great Jubilee: St. John Paul II and Blessed Stefan Wyszyński...
Queen of Queens: The Pietà’s Epic Journey from Rome to America...
Exploring Bethlehem’s Bright Streets, the Sky Shattered by Glorias...
Pleasure is never enough: Lighting the way to joy...
Christ’s Real Presence: ‘Only Say the Word and My Soul Shall Be Healed’...
Each of us could point to our bodies and say truly but trivially, “This is my body,” but Jesus remarkably does not point to his body but instead to this bread and says, “This is my Body.” What is going on? This is not as unusual as it may seem. When children play, they point to a toy and say, “This is a duck,” or “This doll is Camp Counselor Dolores.” They don’t point to something that already is what they are identifying...
Dear influencers: We are not built for this much intimacy...
Focus Announces SEEK26 to be Held Next Year in Colorado, Ohio and Texas...
12 Ways to Obtain a Jubilee Indulgence...
Woman, and Women, of the Year...
January 1 marks the start of a new secular year. But for Catholics, it’s something more. Tucked inside the Christmas liturgical season, it’s the greatest of Marian feasts; the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and a “holy day” of worship. In Christian belief, Jesus is both truly God and truly man. The Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431 thus defined the mother of Jesus, Mary of Nazareth, as the theotokos...
Jubilee 2025: New Year’s Resolutions and Resources...
Jubilee 2025 began on Christmas Eve 2024, with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s in Rome, and will conclude on January 6, 2026, when that door of the Vatican basilica is closed. The theme of this holy year is Peregrinantes in Spem (Pilgrims in Hope), and, like every other such celebration since Pope Boniface VIII inaugurated the practice of holy years in 1300, Jubilee 2025 is intended to intensify our experience of God’s grace...
Mary We Know, Life-Saving Law, and Fake New Year’s...
I cannot confess that New Year’s Eve is something I much go in for. The last time I tried to properly “go out” for the occasion was at the turn of the millennium, when I missioned it into central London and was so overcome with fear and loathing for the crowds that I was back home before 11 p.m. Growing up, I’d always imagined that adulthood came prepackaged with invites to intimate black-tie rooftop parties...
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Pope’s Angelus for New Year’s Day 2025: ‘God Is the First to Forgive Debts’...
Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s Powerful Words to President Jimmy Carter...
In his 1979 speech, Archbishop Sheen was as masterful as ever, even though months earlier he had spent four months in the hospital after a heart operation. In fact, his cardiologist was with him there that day because of Sheen’s still-serious condition. Yet the bishop who had gained the attention of audiences worldwide with his preaching was as magnetic as ever...
Carmelite Monks in Wyoming Use Cutting-Edge Technology to Build a Gothic Monastery...
The answer to the murderer’s question...
The German branch of his company doesn’t make as much as the American branch, said the man in the nice little bougie restaurant, speaking with scorn, because they get too many holidays. The company doesn’t make them work hard enough. He told his coworker how much more his part of their company made, and shared the secret. “Here’s what you do,” he said. “You fire three people and hire one to replace them.” He seemed to assume...
The Vatican in 2024: A Year of Global Outreach and Strategic Ambiguity...
Martyr in the Cathedral: St. Thomas Becket, Defender of Religious Freedom...
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