Pope Francis, JD Vance, and the Evening Rain...
Pope Francis in an empty St. Peter’s Square in the dark and rain. For many — obviously, especially Catholics — this was one of the most memorable moments of the early Covid-19 shutdown. All of our shared moments were happening on-screen. Our office meetings. Our desperate catch-up sessions with friends. Our listening to Dr. Anthony Fauci in Washington, D.C., or Andrew Cuomo in New York...
What the Third Luminous Mystery, ‘the Proclamation of the Kingdom,’ Is Really All About...
Too often, even deeply religious and holy men and women are tempted to think of the Kingdom of God in too worldly or inner-worldly a manner. However, time and eternity always remain distinct realities as do Christ’s human nature and his divine nature. Christ’s humanity and divinity are hypostatically united, but the two natures remained truly distinct when the Logos became flesh. The Kingdom comes into this world and can bring this world to participate in the Kingdom, but this world of the temporal never becomes the Kingdom...
Archbishop Casey and Casa Jesus...
The incoming Archbishop of Cincinnati has declined to discuss his term as the rector of a controversial Chicago formation house shuttered by Cardinal Blase Cupich in 2016. There is no indication that Archbishop-elect Robert Casey is implicated in a long pattern of misconduct at Casa Jesus, the now-closed house of formation at which he worked from 1998 until 2003...
Why John Paul II Deserves to Be Called ‘the Great’...
It has now been 20 years since the death of Pope John Paul II. And with the passage of time, an entirely new generation of Catholics has arisen who have no real memory of why those of us who are older still refer to him as “John Paul the Great.” Indeed, for many young Catholics of a more traditionalist bent, John Paul is viewed as “the Baby Boomer’s pope” who...
Pope St. John Paul II, Doctor of the Church?
The Catholic Church is prudently patient in awarding the title “Doctor of the Church” to her greatest teachers. However luminous someone’s explication of the truths of the Catholic faith may seem in his or her time, the efficacy of that teaching can only be tested over generations, sometimes centuries. This is particularly true of the saints who stretched the Church’s understanding, discomfiting some in the process.
On 20th Anniversary of John Paul II’s Passing, My Reflections on Serving This Holy Man...
The ‘Snow White’ reboot was a box-office bomb in Week 1, and things went straight downhill in Week 2...
The math is bright red: The “Snow White” reboot was a box-office bomb in week one and things went straight downhill in week two.It’s possible that, if Disney gets honest about the production and promotion costs, this movie could be the biggest and most painful elite Hollywood bust of all time. This Forbes piece may have been the most optimistic take out there
Pope Francis Appoints Bishop Michael McGovern to Lead Archdiocese of Omaha...
Missionaries of Mercy Gather in Rome as Pope Francis Praises Their ‘Ministry of Forgiveness’...
Genuine Courage: Not as the World Gives...
When Cardinal McElroy denounced President Donald Trump’s immigration policies at a conference on “Catholic Teaching and Work with Migrants”, he made a particularly awkward statement. He said that we have a choice between treating those at the borders with dignity and launching “a crusade which comes from the darkest parts of our American psyche and soul and history.” Perhaps Cardinal McElroy has forgotten that the word “crusade” refers literally to an endeavor that is “marked by the cross”.
Why does the Church celebrate Jubilee years?
5 Takeaways on ‘Our Father’ and the Prodigal Son for the 4th Sunday of Lent This Sunday...
Mothering Sunday, the Marko Rupnik Mess, and My Life’s Ambition...
Mel Gibson’s ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’ to Begin Shooting in Italy This August...
Switching My Religion: 20% Around The Globe Have Left Their Childhood Faith...
Myths about Naturalism, Science, and Religion...
“One of the best books I have read in my entire life.” So said Ulrich Lehner, professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and himself the author of twelve books. He was talking about Peter Harrison’s new book, Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age. Harrison served as Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, and his book is a thorough debunking of many false narratives about science, religion, and naturalism...
Are You Called to Spiritual Self-Mastery?
A principal element on our path to calvary is the importance of self-mastery of our behaviors, thoughts, and actions that express a visible contradiction to the message of Christ on the Cross to seek the love of God above all things. The message may sound simple and to the point, but when faced with an obstacle of morality or conscience, the immediate response may not be directed toward...
The Akathist to the Mother of God may be better known in the East, but it belongs to the whole Church...
The Lenten journey is one of following Christ. Throughout the ages, a great many Lenten hymns, prayers, and devotions involving Mary have developed. That’s not surprising at all. For Lent is about standing up and following Jesus, just as His mother did so well. A common Protestant objection to Catholic teaching about and devotion to Mary is that Christ supposedly rebuked her in Luke 11...
What Are the Three Scrutinies of Lent?
John Paul II Embodied the Heroism of Christian Holiness...
As we mark the 20th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s death and birth into eternal life on April 2, it’s key to focus on the most important lessons of his life. His legacy is monumental, inside and outside the Catholic Church — one of the reasons why many think he should be officially named John Paul “the Great,” alongside Leo the Great (440-461), Gregory the Great (590-604) and Nicholas the Great (850-867).
Teen’s Tumors Disappear After Prayers to Blessed Solanus Casey...
How we got the Stations of the Cross...
Some popular devotions arise as a substitute for something else. The scapular is a cut-down habit. The rosary is a simplified Psalter. The Hours of Our Lady is a smaller Liturgy of the Hours. And the Way of the Cross is a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. The idea that the Stations of the Cross developed as European versions of a Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem when pilgrims could no longer safely travel due to the crusades it not quite right...
If your screen causes you to sin, cut it off...
Is it a sin to follow the news? Or to read commentators upon the news? Or to listen to podcasts that comment upon the commentators? Or to watch the YouTube videos of those picking apart the podcasts? It’s Lent, the season for more than the usual number of Confessions. And this Lent, as has increasingly been the case over the last half-dozen years or so, more and more penitents are confessing that they are following the news.
Pope’s Sunday Angelus: Jesus Heals Our Wounds So We Can Love Others...
7 Amazing New Testament Women...
One notable aspect of the Christian moral revolution was its insistence that women are equal to men in dignity and worth. The earliest Christians took seriously the declaration in the book of Genesis that both men and women are created in God’s “image and likeness” (Gen 1:27). As the Gospel spread around the Mediterranean world, so did the biblical truth that men and women “are all one in Christ Jesus”...
Restoring the Soul of the Republic: Why This Is the Catholic Moment...
12 Proposals For Catholic Renewal In a Post-Institution Age...
Sydney Archbishop Credits Cardinal Pell’s Intercession for Miraculous Survival of Arizona Toddler...
Flannery O’Connor knew the grandmother and the serial killer...
Saint Mary's 2025 commencement speaker choice receives pushback...
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