This week, I traveled to St. Louis with thousands of other Catholics from throughout the country for the Beatification Mass of Fulton Sheen. It was deeply uplifting to see so many people gathered together who, […]
With the completion of its 566-foot central tower this past February, the Basilica of La Sagrada Familia now holds the distinction of being the tallest church in the world. Earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV […]
As Catholics, we celebrate the saints for their heroic witness to our Christian Faith. Each saint has a day on the Church calendar, which typically falls on the date of death, known as their dies […]
In all my travels, I have beheld few if any more impressive sights than the breathtaking Gothic behemoth of Kölner Dom, “Cologne Cathedral,” illumined at night, bathed in golden-white light, with its twin towers rising above […]
The paradox at the heart of Christianity is the Cross. Through Christ’s sacrifice, this instrument of death has become the source of lasting life. Christ hung upon the Cross not just as a “living victim” […]
The election of a new pope always captures the world’s attention. The media cannot resist covering the intrigue of the most unique election process in the world. All eyes turn toward the chimney of the […]
“St. Athanasius calls Easter ‘the Great Sunday’ and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week ‘the Great Week.’ The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ […]
For most American Catholics, the name “St. Patrick’s Cathedral” conjures up an image of the neo-Gothic church with its twin spires on New York City’s Fifth Avenue—a cathedral now dwarfed by the skyscrapers of glass […]
An intriguing medieval fresco can be found in the church of Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune in Strasbourg, France. It depicts fifteen kings processing by horseback, each carrying a standard bearing the name of his respective nation. The image […]
The Church of All Nations rises above the olive trees of the Garden of Gethsemane. Contained within is the rock upon which Jesus prayed and bled in agony as He consented to the Father’s will […]
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