As they enter their final years of college or graduate school, some young people dream of starting up their own businesses. Entrepreneurial ability, creative ideas, and a desire to provide a new service or product […]
Several people have asked me questions about the accuracy of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s portrayal of the Catholic Church in the recent series Cosmos, which is airing on FOX. There is an important adage at the […]
Earlier today, Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, issued a pastoral letter, “The Language of Love”, which was addressed “to the Catholic families and healthcare providers of the Diocese of Lincoln”. Of course, it […]
Veteran journalist and best-selling author Michael Coren has written fifteen books, including biographies of Chesterton, Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis, as well as works on current affairs and apologetics. He also contributes a regular column, […]
At the Consistory last month, the Holy Father asked Cardinal Walter Kasper to address the assembled cardinals about contemporary challenges in pastoral care to the family, as part of the preparations for the Extraordinary Synod […]
Resistance “Our greatest success is not in never falling, but in rising again every time we fall.” — Confucius China’s Catholic response to its new government was simple: resistance. The historical pattern for Catholics in […]
Sr. Anne Catherine, OP, is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia (www.nashvilledominican.org) and is principal of St. Cecilia Academy in Nashville (www.stcecilia.edu). The academy is a girl’s Catholic high school that is […]
There is an abundance of news items on the Vatican Information Service page today, but two of those stories are especially interesting to me. The first is about a papal audience held last Saturday with […]
The question—“Why college?”—lends itself to numerous, often amusing, answers: Colleges are designed to keep millions of youth off the labor market. Colleges are preparations for jobs. Colleges are funded country clubs that provide housing, board, […]
Last December, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis would establish a commission dedicated to the protection of minors, at the recommendation of the Council of Cardinals. Today the initial membership of that commission was announced; […]
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