Everyone knows what a scapegoat is, but few realize that the word comes from the Bible. In Leviticus 16:20-22, Moses told his brother Aaron to take a live goat, lay his hands on the goat’s […]
Religious nationalism, state control, terrorism, authoritarianism, and limits on women are among drivers of rising persecution globally, the International Christian Concern (ICC) report said. […]
Today (July 16) the Church observes the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. While an optional memorial on the general Roman calendar, both branches of the Carmelite family — the ancient observance and the […]
There is no such thing as “generational sin.” That sentence may shock some readers who have aligned themselves with well-known Catholic writers and priests who argue to the contrary. The “generational sin” concept is most […]
It only took 653 days. Pope Gregory IX declared Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone to be a saint on July 16, 1228, even though “Il Poverello”, the little poor man of Assisi, had only been […]
Four years after the National Eucharistic Revival began, Bishop Thomas Paprocki says Catholics must unite belief in Christ’s real presence with moral life and worthy Communion. […]
CRACOW. I usually find the quadrennial FIFA World Cup aggravating for the five reasons enumerated below, plus one other: my students here in the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society are sometimes so obsessed with the […]
Magnificent Humanity, Poor Economics (Law & Liberty): “Magnifica Humanitas could address contemporary questions more effectively if it had sounder economics.” “Blame the Rooster for the Sunrise”: The post hoc fallacy at the heart of the […]
St. Augustine uses the image of two cities to define the central conflict that runs throughout history between the self-love that constitutes the City of Man and the divine love that forms the City of […]
Saint Camillus de Lellis founded a religious order that cares for the sick all over the world. But in the United States, his feast day is translated to another date so that Americans can honor […]
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