According to the Vatican yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio, there are north of 5,000 Catholic bishops in the world today. They share certain characteristics and attributes. But I doubt that there is any other among them who […]

How Many Popesplainers Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? – “Pope Francis recently added yet another item to the long list of doctrinally problematic statements he has issued through the course of his […]

On September 20, the Catholic Church remembers 103 men, women, and children who died as martyrs in Korea. These canonized saints, mostly Koreans but also French missionaries, died during waves of anti-Catholic persecution by Korean […]

Average Joe, a new film from the director and producers of God’s Not Dead and the producers of The Blind, will open in theaters October 11. It stars Eric Close (American Sniper, Nashville) and tells […]

One of my favorite spiritual authors is the Benedictine writer Dom Hubert van Zeller (1905-84). His simultaneous humor and realism, along with brevity, make his work refreshing and accessible. “In writing on this and that […]

In today’s Gospel, Jesus takes a little child and, counterposing him to his childish disciples, tells them: “Whoever receives a little child like this receives me and receives not me but Him who sent me…” […]

In advance of the Jubilee Year of 2025, Pope Francis declared 2024 a Year of Prayer—a time “dedicated to rediscovering the great value and absolute need for prayer in personal life, in the life of the […]