The Church calls this day by two names: Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday. The first, for victory—the name most people recognize, not surprisingly; the second, for suffering—the one most folks would sooner forget. But in […]
In the first year of his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI famously recalled the Second Vatican Council, which had ended 40 years previously. Benedict, with the steely-eyed realism that has marked his whole life, posed hard […]
In the age of COVID-19, death has become a daily subject around the dinner table, in the grocery store, and at a social distance even at the gas station. We are now constantly reminded in […]
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