As of this writing, I am two-thirds of the way through my production of a podcast series called “Cradles of Catholicism,” which provides a brief historical account of a foundational church in each of the […]

In his Rule, St. Benedict remarks that a monastery is never without guests. Though he wrote this line 1,500 years ago, the monastery remains alluring even for modern visitors. The monks leave the normal course of […]

One of the finest aspects of modern American culture is our willingness to find innovative ways to help individuals with disabilities. From motorized wheelchairs to individualized education programs to cutting edge assistive technology devices, there […]

Four years ago, this column praised the courage of Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles, then-president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), for his Inauguration Day letter to President Joe Biden. In an entirely respectful […]

The Autobiography That Is Not An Autobiography – “Austen Ivereigh has mixed feelings (at best) about the Pope’s new autobiography, which he explains in a review for The Tablet. For one thing, he observes, ‘Hope […]

Father John Nepil has accomplished something that few others—priests or otherwise—have accomplished: he has summited all 54 of Colorado’s mountain peaks higher than 14,000 feet—twice. In the summer of 2022, he set out to traverse […]

As noted in an August 2024 column , anti-religious discrimination continues unabated in Maine despite the Supreme Court’s June 21, 2022 ruling in Carson v. Makin. In Carson, the Court reasoned that state officials could not exclude […]