Within a few hours of the election of Pope Leo XIV and his masterful presentation of himself to the Church and the world from the central loggia of the Vatican basilica, I received an email […]
Editor’s note: This homily was delivered at Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan, on May 11, 2025, World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Since 1963, the Church Universal has used this Sunday to “pray the Lord of […]
In his April 2022 essay “Are Women in the Workplace a Good Thing?” Jerry D. Salyer points out that feminism is so pervasive that even today’s conservatives consider traditional teaching on male/female roles to be […]
Holy Thursday, April 17, marked the tenth anniversary of Cardinal Francis George’s death after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the past decade, Catholics—especially American Catholics—have suffered from his absence. With his keen intellect, deep […]
In an age of radical individualism and ideological rebellion against every form of authority, the Catholic tradition offers a necessary and urgent corrective. Rooted in Sacred Scripture, developed by the Fathers of the Church, refined […]
As the Cardinals prepare for perhaps the most important days of their lives, let us, the faithful, keep them in our prayers in a fervent way. The devil is no doubt at work trying to […]
Your Grace1, I was stunned to read of your recent attack on those who receive Holy Communion on the tongue. Even more so because you used an Easter homily to launch that assault, which demonstrates […]
Since the death of the first pope, Saint Peter, two hundred and sixty-five men have succeeded him in that office. And now, following the death and burial of Pope Francis, we can consider how the […]
An embarrassment of riches confronts us today as we observe the Octave Day of Easter, Dominca in albis, Divine Mercy Sunday, Low Sunday, Quasimodo Sunday—take your pick—with readings that lead us to such seemingly diverse things as the experience […]
During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Benedict’s successor described him as an orthodox, tough-minded, courageous reformer […]
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