The challenge I faced in writing a review of a book of this immense depth of insight and Christian faith, was not so much in knowing where to begin, but when to finish. The simple […]

Denver Newsroom, Aug 15, 2020 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- Bishop Michael Bransfield, who headed West Virginia’s only Catholic diocese before retiring amid scandal, has not communicated with his successor in months. A plan to ensure […]

If the sex abuse crisis has shown us how corrupt we can become, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary reminds us of the exalted […]

CNA Staff, Aug 13, 2020 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has released a campaign video in which he credits his Catholic faith, Pope Francis, and the example of nuns for his […]

In the late spring of 1945, as World War II was drawing toward a close, a novel called Brideshead Revisited made its appearance in Britain; its first U.S. edition came out the following January. Whatever […]

Denver Newsroom, Aug 12, 2020 / 03:35 pm (CNA).- If you perused the news online on Saturday, Aug. 1, you could be forgiven for believing that large-scale Bible burnings— the kind perpetrated by the Nazis […]

Thinking out loud about a return to “Sunday normal,” a veteran pastor recently told me that he thought it would take one year for each month of lockdown/quarantine/ shelter-at-home for Mass attendance to return to […]

CNA Staff, Aug 11, 2020 / 05:29 pm (CNA).- Two bishops have called for rosary crusades in their respective dioceses in the month of August, asking Catholics to pray daily rosaries for the end of […]

Recently, musician Kanye West received attention from concerned friends and colleagues after displaying erratic and emotionally charged behavior in the days following an announcement that he’d chosen to mount a presidential campaign. I have no […]