Readings: • Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22 • Psa 117:1bc, 2 • Mk 16:15-18 Horse or no horse, it’s a powerful, moving story. My pastor and I have a running joke about the conversion of St. […]
The ordination of St. Hilary of Poitiers. / Credit: Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Vatican City, Jan 13, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
After a long journey to the Catholic faith, Hilary (born in 310) was ba… […]
My last column delved into the Church’s belief that each creature—even those we find irritating or inconsequential—mirrors the beauty of the divine Logos in our world. Yet, even as every feature of the cosmos reflects […]
In December, the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics published its annual report on the Catholic Church in Poland, the first such yearbook with data obtained after pandemic-era restrictions had been lifted. While the report does […]
Pope Benedict XVI on April 21, 2007, in Vigevano, Italy. / Credit: miqu77/Shutterstock
Chicago, Ill., Dec 31, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
A brilliant thinker and prolific writer, Pope Benedict XVI wrote 66 books in his lifetime. His final work, “Wha… […]
In the debut of this column last month, we examined the ancient Christian conviction that our Lord authored “two books,” which is to say that nature is an epiphany of the divine splendor analogous to […]
Pope Francis meets with Father Federico Lombardi, president of the Ratzinger Foundation and Vatican spokesman during Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate (left), and the 2023 Ratzinger Prize recipients Father Pablo Blanco Sarto (center) and Professor… […]
Readings: • Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17 • Psa 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6 • 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28 • Matt 25:31-46 Sacred Scripture is bursting with kings. With close to 3,000 references to kings, it’s safe to say […]
This essay is occasioned by (1) the conclusion of the first session of the Synodal Assembly (October, 4–29, 2023) on the theme “For a Synodal Church. Communion, Participation, Mission,” marking the beginning of an interim […]
Editor’s note: This is the first of several essays on the recently released apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum that CWR will posting over the next week. Days before its October 4 release, social media was […]
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