There are two notable days on the Catholic calendar this week. On July 25, we remember the release of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, in which St. Pope Paul VI articulated Catholic beliefs about human […]
There is a profound logic to the Eucharist. It gives us the courage to encounter others, to go out of ourselves, and to open ourselves to others with love. That’s the message of Pope Francis […]
It’s hard to imagine, when you look at your sweet little five-year-old, that anyone could want to hurt her; but unfortunately, sex trafficking of children – even very young children – is a real and […]
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, at their Spring Plenary Assembly last week in Baltimore, declared this week “Religious Freedom Week.” Beginning June 22, the feast of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, the […]
If the prospect of a movie about Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, the stigmatist and saint popularly known as Padre Pio, excites you, you may be disappointed in the new docu-drama bearing his name. One hopes […]
Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ, has long had a reputation for liberal-speak and theological confusion. For example, in a column he wrote for the National Catholic Reporter at the end of January 2023, Reese wrote “I […]
In his World Youth Day address of 2015, Pope Francis echoed the teaching of Pope Benedict when he posited that “Purchasing is always a moral – and not simply an economic act.” With this observation, […]
A parish in the Diocese of Lansing has just filed a federal civil rights complaint against the state of Michigan, asserting that its religious liberty is threatened by a new interpretation of state law. In […]
At a time when the emphasis on the nuclear family has noticeably weakened, thousands of children face the prospect of growing up without ever having established permanent family connections. There are more than 400,000 children […]
On November 15, fans and followers of Angel Studios’ popular crowd-funded series The Chosen streamed into the historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia to see the first two episodes of Season Three on the big […]
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