There is no Bonaventurian school named after the Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure, a Doctor of the Church known for both his theological and spiritual writings. Nor is there an Anselmian theological school to honor St. […]
“Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures throughout all generations.” — Psalm 145 (144): 13 St. Benedict directed his monks to pray the Psalm above during Vespers on Saturdays. While the Book […]
Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, a new docudrama streaming on FOX Nation produced by the celebrated director, features the lives of eight saints in dramatic enactments with documentary supplements. The series certainly has a fresh […]
Albanian Catholics are descendents of those who embraced the Faith in the early centuries A.D. And they held to the Faith through 400 years of Ottoman rule and, more recently, an extreme totalitarian regime that […]
Each generation must fight the battle anew. After watching the Berlin Wall fall in 1989, it seemed like Communism was on its heels. Today, it continues to spread and has become more assertive through China’s […]
In what is now a decades-long trend, reports of American Catholic dioceses declaring bankruptcy continue to filter into the news. To a large extent, this financial retreat is fallout from the ongoing clergy sexual abuse […]
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 […]
Introduction Ecclesial grammar today is shaped by terms such as inclusivity, diversity, the “spirit,” and “being pastoral.” At times, these terms have arisen through the unconscious adoption of the framework of liberation theology, particularly its […]
Every statue, painting, icon, medal, or other representation of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque includes a depiction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This is hardly surprising since it was largely her visions of Jesus Christ, […]
The Eucharist is the source and summit, the font and apex, of the Church’s life. As a result, the Mass is at the heart of the Church, a constituent part of the daily and weekly […]
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