Essay
Good Shepherd Sunday and priestly vocations
Editor’s note: This homily was delivered at Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan, on May 11, 2025, World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Since 1963, the Church [...]
Good Shepherd Sunday and priestly vocations
Essay
Editor’s note: This homily was delivered at Holy Innocents Church, Manhattan, on May 11, 2025, World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Since 1963, the Church Universal has used this Sunday to “pray the Lord of [...]
Honoring the radical choice of full-time motherhood
Essay
In his April 2022 essay “Are Women in the Workplace a Good Thing?” Jerry D. Salyer points out that feminism is so pervasive that even today’s conservatives consider traditional teaching on male/female roles to be [...]
Columns
History and Nationalism
With the passing of Pope Francis, commentators began the long debate over his legacy and place in history. I will refrain from such speculation, wishing simply to begin this column by thanking Francis for one [...]
Features
African Catholics react with joy to the election of Pope Leo XIV
What’s in a name? That question is often pondered when a newborn needs a name or when a newly elected Pope selects his title. Today, this question holds particular significance for Africa, following the decision [...]
Features
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost elected as 267th pope, takes name Leo XIV
Vatican City, May 8, 2025 / 12:11 pm Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. White smoke rose from the chimney [...]
Books
Cardinal Francis George’s timely and timeless vision for the Church
Holy Thursday, April 17, marked the tenth anniversary of Cardinal Francis George’s death after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the past decade, Catholics—especially American Catholics—have suffered from his absence. With his keen intellect, deep [...]
Features
Bishop Nfon says faith continues to grow in Cameroon amid a separatist crisis
The Catholic bishop of the Kumba Diocese, a region in northwestern Cameroon deeply affected by separatist violence, has reaffirmed that faith continues to thrive despite the ongoing crisis. Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon made these remarks [...]
Essay
Peter’s Duty: Papal Authority and the Restoration of Ecclesial Order
In an age of radical individualism and ideological rebellion against every form of authority, the Catholic tradition offers a necessary and urgent corrective. Rooted in Sacred Scripture, developed by the Fathers of the Church, refined [...]
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The 2024 elections are now two weeks in the rear-view mirror, but the conversations (to use a polite word) over the what, why, and how of November 5, 2024, continue. While there is no shortage [...] -
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God’s Fool:
Leo was made in the USA but with African, Caribbean, and European parts. Then, he was exported to Peru. Who…
Athanasius:
You really have no basis for forming an opinion at this point, since no one really knows what this pope…
Sandra Miesel:
As someone who finished her Catholic education before Vatican II--at an obscure woman's college--let me tell you that the mediocrity…
