[Editor’s note: Part 1 of “China’s Modern Martyr’s: From Mao to Now” was published on June 13, 2013.] Part 2, Torments “The body of Christ which is the Church, like the human body, was first […]
Last Sunday, I was skimming through the bulletin of the local parish that my wife and I regularly attend (not, of course, during the homily). Usually, I find myself being drawn to seeing what sorts […]
At the beginning of this 50th anniversary year of Vatican II, Benedict XVI called for a renewed, authentic reading and implementation of the council documents. After suffering through many decades of vulgar, saccharine Church music, […]
In an commentary piece, “What Makes Catholic Education Catholic?”, published recently on the National Catholic Register site, Mark Brumley, President and CEO of Ignatius Press, asks three questions about the mission and nature of Catholic […]
In an extraordinary personal letter published in Italy’s left-leaning daily La Repubblica, Pope Francis answers questions posed by the paper’s atheist founder, Eugenio Scalfari, about the demands of faith and the attitude of the Church […]
From Pope Francis’ Wednesday General Audience address, delivered today in St. Peter’s Square (via Vatican Information Service): “Among the images that the Vatican Council II chose to help us better understand the nature of the […]
The French love their food, and being French they claim almost anything appetizing as their own. Such as croissants. But croissants are Austrian, and while we don’t know the precise origins of the pastry, one […]
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois recently did an interview with the Washington Times in which he lamented what he calls the “rupture” in the relationship between Church and culture: “We [Christians] […]
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