His classmates called him “the Gaper,” an ugly nickname to describe his habit of staring with his mouth wide open. But today he is known as Saint Joseph of Cupertino, or, as the Italians say, […]

In 1981, a little boy was born several weeks early, enduring a broken clavicle during the birthing process. His young parents, both just 22, soon came to see that the early birth was a blessing. […]

America needs the example of a real hero: a dedicated hero who enhances natural talents by hard work and takes pride in a craft; an unselfish hero who places team above self; a modest hero […]

On September 17, 1621, the Cardinal-priest Robert Bellarmine died in Rome. Why did Pope Pius XI declare him a saint in 1930? And why did the same pope declare him a Doctor of the Church […]

Prayer and the Peace of Christ Today – “The Catholic tradition proposes that the only adequate answer to the social horror we are witnessing is the peace of Christ, and the saints and martyrs of […]

Tariffs, duties imposed on imported goods, have been causing global uncertainty in recent months, with President Trump employing them periodically. Courts have even recently weighed in to consider their constitutionality. Catholics, too, have been evaluating […]

Among his (temporarily?) abandoned liturgical instructions that generated a firestorm of controversy recently, Charlotte Bishop Michael Martin wanted to suppress the pre-Vatican II practice of praying vesting prayers while putting on vestments for Mass. Upon […]