For decades now there has been a concerted effort by many Catholics to consider the concept of vocation in broader terms than merely the calling to priesthood, diaconate, and forms of consecrated virginity lived out […]

It was announced last week that Pope Leo XIV will be declaring St. John Henry Newman to be a Doctor of the Church. As the Catholic Encyclopedia notes, the Church proclaims someone to be a Doctor on […]

What would you do if someone you knew claimed to be a Christian but also professed beliefs that were dangerous to his health, his relationships, and even his salvation? Dominic de Guzman’s response was to […]

The third Pan-African Catholic Jubilee on Theology, Society, and Pastoral Life opened August 5 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, bringing together the continent’s largest assembly of African Catholic theologians, pastors, lay leaders, and others. A landmark […]

The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom: the name has a splendid ring to it. As well it might, as an organisation founded in 19th-century England in the years following Fr (later Cardinal, now Saint […]

Karl Rahner, SJ (1904-1984), one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, is a favorite whipping boy for many traditionally minded Catholics. Yet Rahner was something of a split personality. Part of […]

Disappearance of Confession – “A new book charts the rise and fall—and perhaps disappearance—of Catholic confession.” How Many Hail Marys for a Lost Sacrament? (ARC) Liberal Protestantism, R.I.P. – “Mainline Protestantism lost interest in the […]