Readings: Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 Ps 138:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 1 Cor 15:1-11 or 15:3-8 Lk 5:1-11 God initiates. Man responds. Jesus calls. Man answers. Such is the dynamic relationship at the heart of salvation history […]
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this essay was posted at CWR on January 25, 2021. The author has now added two recent translations—Peter Constantine (2018) and Anthony Esolen (2023)—and has lightly edited some of […]
Readings: • Wis 2:12, 17-20 • Ps 54:3-4, 5, 6 and 8 • Jas 3:16-4:3 • Mk 9:30-37 Three of the greatest temptations known to man are lust for power, pursuit of illicit pleasure, and […]
St. Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, theologians, and a number of cities and dioceses. / Credit: Attributed to Gerard Seghers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lima Newsroom, Aug 28, 2024 / 15:53 pm (CNA).
St. Augustine, … […]
St. Augustine of Hippo. / Credit: Cathopic
CNA Staff, Aug 28, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA).
The Catholic Church honors St. Augustine of Hippo, an early Church father, doctor of the Church, and foundational theologian, on Aug. 28.Augustine was brought … […]
In the comments to my CWR article on different translations of the Confessions, a reader related the common experience of trying to read Augustine and giving up. “The time to read and digest the Confessions […]
Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Aug 27, 2024 / 12:15 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis made a surprise visit to the Basilica of St. Augustine on Tuesday to pray at … […]
On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]
Two millennia of Christianity have yielded a tremendous number of brilliant, holy, and insightful men and women. Many of these men and women penned works of staggering beauty and spiritual insight, which have become widely […]
When faced with the question of why there is so much suffering in the world, the default Christian answer is because of Adam’s sin. This belief is certainly not without warrant. Indeed, a number of […]
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