Editor’s note: You can read Part 1 of this column here. In 2014, the newly elected Pope Francis decided to improve the state of the Vatican’s finances. He appointed the Australian cardinal George Pell (1941-2023) […]
On January 10, 2023, George Pell, cardinal-priest of the Catholic Church and former archbishop of Sydney and Melbourne, died suddenly the day after undergoing hip surgery. He was eighty-one years old. It may seem unusual […]
Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-76) is best remembered as the recipient of a series of visions involving the Miraculous Medal. But we must not overlook the context in which she received those visions. In the late […]
We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies just like Venerable Fulton Sheen, possess the spiritual depth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, be […]
Saint Peter Canisius, SJ (1521-1597) was a Dutch priest who lived in the sixteenth century and was one of the first members of the Jesuit order. He lived a blameless and holy personal life, preached […]
John of the Cross, whose feast day is celebrated on December 14th, has been granted many titles since his death: reformer of the Carmelite order, master of Spanish classical poetry, canonized saint, and Doctor of […]
Do just one-third of American Catholics believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, as was reported in this 2019 study? Or do two-thirds believe Church teaching on the Eucharist, if you question them […]
The world was shocked when Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854. While Protestants rejected the teaching outright, even many Catholics objected to the pope’s decision. Exalting the role of […]
While Christopher Columbus was crossing the Atlantic Ocean and discovering the New World for Spain, Portuguese explorers were traveling the other way around the globe. That is how they discovered a trade route—and the ancient […]
Does Saint Patrick pray for Ireland and the Irish from Heaven? Does Saint Frances Cabrini still care about the difficulties faced by residents of Italy, her native country, or by the citizens of America, where […]
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