When he was elected Bishop of Rome on October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła had a rather limited experience of the Catholic Church in the United States. He had met American churchmen at the Second […]
Why the West Needs the American Founding (The American Spectator): “The Founding shows that the West’s deepest traditions can be reconciled and made to sustain a free society.” Theology of the Shoddy (Catholic Culture): “The […]
The Church in Kenya has joined the rest of the country in mourning the deaths of 16 students who lost their lives in a fire incident that occurred at the Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil, […]
Montserrat Alvarado becomes the first lay woman appointed prefect of a dicastery of the Holy See. […]
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988) was a major and influential figure in the Church in the 20th century. He was a prolific author, a theologian whose thought has been admired and commended by St. Pope […]
The pontiff praised Venerable Sheen, who will be beatified Sept. 24, as “a light of faith, hope, and love” whose radio and television broadcasts brought the Gospel to millions. […]
The Catholic Education Foundation is hosting its 12th annual seminar on the role of the priest in today’s Catholic school at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, the Athenaeum in Cincinnati. The intended audience is bishops, priests, and seminarians, and […]
The Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith. Here are 12 things to know and share. […]
A recent challenge to religious freedom can be found in Foothills Christian Ministries v. Johnson. At issue were regulations implementing California’s Child Day Care Act, which, in requiring all centers to be licensed, obligates their officials to inform parents and guardians that […]
Readings: • Ex 34:4B-6, 8-9 • Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56 • 2 Cor 13:11-13 • Jn 3:16-18 “The divine nature,” wrote St. Thomas Aquinas, “is really and entirely identical with each of the […]
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