It is not every day that a major studio film features a Catholic priest in a sympathetic role and portrayed in a positive light. And it is even less often that he is the main […]
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest institutions in the world, spanning the entire globe. There may be no more daunting task for a historian than to try to write a concise (but not […]
Death is inevitable and Catholics recognize that it is something that must be done well. But what does it mean to die well? To die poorly? There are a number of spiritual and moral issues […]
We do not have photographs of the vast majority of the Church’s saints and blesseds. Portraits and sculptures suffice for most of them, and those of whom we do have photographs are usually shown in […]
The life of this mystic, composer, and saint was in many ways as tumultuous as the era in which she lived. […]
The role that art (and beauty in general) can play in evangelization, and in our own spiritual lives, is a matter of some debate. There is also a common misconception that beautiful art is a […]
The world is not a perfect place, by any stretch of the imagination. Rampant secularism, endless noise, social unrest, political upheaval, and cultural strife mark our times, perhaps more than ever before. It is apparent […]
Casey Chalk is a prolific writer, contributing to such outlets as First Things, Public Discourse, The American Conservative, The Federalist, The Catholic Thing, Front Porch Republic, New Oxford Review, as well as Catholic World Report. He […]
Theology is, as the name suggests, the study of God. St. Anselm of Canterbury described the theological pursuits as Fides quaerens intellectum, or “faith seeking understanding”. We are called not just to love God, but […]
The 11th annual Sacred Liturgy Conference will be held from May 28-31, 2023, in Ferndale, California. At the invitation of Bishop Robert F. Vasa, this conference will take place in the Diocese of Santa Rosa […]
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