Our Lady Answered the Consecration
Peter Darcy
July 10, AD2022
17 Comments
In the life of faith, we don’t always see the tangible fruits of our prayers, and that is as it should be. Faith requires trust,
Ukraine’s Saint Olga of Kyiv
Neil Jopson
July 10, AD2022
3 Comments
To both Catholics and Orthodox, princess Olga is known as St. Olga of Kyiv and she is a woman of tremendous religious significance for the
A Ratzinger Prophecy on the Cusp of Fulfillment
Paul A. Escott
July 6, AD2022
7 Comments
During the course of the past few months, a relatively obscure book written in 1970 by then-father Joseph Ratzinger has garnered interest from major news
Fantastic Pilgrimage Sites in the Mid-Atlantic States
Joe Tevington
May 5, AD2022
9 Comments
Over the past decade, my wife and I have been privileged to go on far-from-home pilgrimages, including Montreal/Quebec, EWTN (Alabama), Italy/Vatican City, the Holy Land,
The Return of the Catholic Hierarchy in Britain
Neil Jopson
March 22, AD2022
3 Comments
In the mid-eighteen hundreds, English Catholicism finally emerged, staggering but alive, from the dark days of persecution. Some Catholics were sceptical, dubious of the newly
Why Ukraine Matters: The Consecration of Russia to Mary
Al Costa
March 19, AD2022
30 Comments
In October 1917, seventy thousand people in a small town in Portugal called Fatima saw the sun “dancing” and other inexplicable phenomena. The event, which
Ukraine, Fatima, and Russia
Dr. Edouard Belaga
March 18, AD2022
3 Comments
The West is flourishing in the heyday of its technological and material power in very peaceful times. Yet, I know what life is like under
British Catholics Fight For Freedom
Neil Jopson
March 1, AD2022
2 Comments
In the years since the Reformation, Catholics in England went from a sizable chunk of the population to a persecuted minority. Then, as I wrote
‘A Church in Crises’ – New, Free, Online Course at SHMS
Gene M. Van Son
February 17, AD2022
1 Comment
Sacred Heart Major Seminary (SHMS) is offering a new, free, online course entitled “A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward.” The course is set to begin
From Slave to Priest – The Journey of Augustus Tolton
Larry Peterson
February 16, AD2022
No Comments
This is about a man who born into slavery in Missouri. He went on to become the first African American from the United States ordained
Jewish Roots of the Catholic Tree
Bob Kurland
January 21, AD2022
6 Comments
And if some of the branches be broken off [i.e. the Jews], and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and
A Turn of the Tide for English Catholics
Neil Jopson
January 19, AD2022
4 Comments
In previous columns, I have written about the terrible times that destroyed the medieval Catholic Church in England, and I will write about them again.
Ecumenism: Did Vatican II Make a Mistake?
Rory Fox
January 6, AD2022
27 Comments
Before the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) Catholics approached Ecumenism (Christian Unity) with an apparent negativity. Non-Catholics were seen as in error. They needed to correct
Joseph Koterski S.J. November 28, 1953–August 9, 2021
Christian Daru
January 1, AD2022
No Comments
Archbishop Fulton Sheen remarked in The Priest is Not His Own “A good priest lives for his vocation, an avaricious priest lives on his vocation.”
Faith Is Like a Marriage Which Makes Us Hope
Rob Marco
December 30, AD2021
2 Comments
The person you love most can cut you the deepest. Anyone who has been married for a minute knows this. As a spouse, you have literally
Doctrine as Spirit: Fully Human
Sydney Sadowski
December 16, AD2021
6 Comments
It seems strange to think of doctrine as spiritual. The topic of doctrine calls to mind the Magisterium, councils, and heresy but really, while doctrine
Simon Peter: An Example of God’s Power
Bob Blundell
December 15, AD2021
2 Comments
There have been over ten thousand Saints in our church’s history. Each of them devoted their lives to serving our Lord, and are an icon
Christianity in the Movies
Joe Tevington
December 6, AD2021
2 Comments
Since the days when Christ and His apostles walked the earth, His Church has experienced a rich history. Competent teachers, authors, lectures, presentations, and the
The Spiritual History of the Catholic Church
Neil Jopson
November 23, AD2021
4 Comments
History involves change. Change can be sudden, it can be slow, but like taxes and death, change is guaranteed. Working out how and why it
Would My Beliefs Hold True Under Pressure?
Ida Adams
October 24, AD2021
19 Comments
Rustling paper welcomed yet another useless ballpoint pen I’d flung into the trash. One dog lifted a sleepy eyebrow, the other too old to be
The Feast of Saint John Paul II
Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer
October 24, AD2021
1 Comment
We know that the Church honors saints because they give us an example of how to follow the will of God and seek perfection, even
The Rome of Japan
Neil Jopson
October 23, AD2021
1 Comment
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As soon as you read or hear those names, it’s likely your thoughts turn to one of the most terrible moments of
