So, you’re excited about your faith and want to share it. You want to evangelize! You realize that much of the world has moved online
Every so often the issue of altar serving comes into question, as it has again recently. There is an ongoing, extensive debate over who
“When the heart speaks, Brother Orchid, other hearts must listen.” Brother Orchid (1940) Interested in seeing a screwball comedy-film-noir-gangster-western-religious flick? I am always on the lookout
There are constant reports about how attendance at Mass continues to fall, and how this is mainly due to the disinterest of men. In one
A figure with a torch walks into a giant, dark room. As she draws closer to the objects surrounding her, she sees that they are
Editor’s Note: Catholic Stand columnists, Tom and Kari Curran, and the parents of nine, yes, nine beautiful children, are offering a free webinar: Wednesday, November 4th
“Life means ‘getting our feet dirty’ from the dust-filled roads of life and history” – Pope Francis Last Tuesday, I had no intention of going to
Pope Francis is in the midst of his first-ever visit to the United States. Ostensibly, this visit is for the Holy Father to join
On September 12, the Archbishop of Lipa in the Philippines issued a decree on a case of alleged apparitions from 1948 in Lipa itself. This
Several weeks ago, I published an article entitled Contemporary Culture Wars: Is History Repeating? Since the publication of that article, some significant issues and/or
On July 4, 1864 Abraham Lincoln had much to pre-occupy his mind. Grant’s drive on Richmond had bogged down into a stalemated siege to the
Every Labor Day weekend two men always pop up in my mind: Saint Joseph the Worker and my Dad. When I was growing up I
Of all the gifts Holy Mother Church has bestowed on us, one of the greatest is the saints. These ordinary men and women, who
In light of continued controversy over Fatima and its famous third secret, I am presenting my own amateur translation of an Allocution (Address) of Alfredo
It is hard to believe but it has been nearly seven months since my friend Paul Coakley went to receive his eternal reward. His wife,
Since I wrote an article back in 2013 on the alleged apparitions of Our Lady under the title of “Rosa Mistica,” it turns out that
Lately, there is a lot of talk within Christian circles how to live the Faith in the midst of a morally-decaying (and increasingly hostile) Western
The Supreme Court’s recent rendering on same-sex marriage continues to be met with mixed emotions. Many feel this was the correct decision since those who
The World Apostolate of Fatima, USA Inc. recently published a biography of Sr. Lúcia—the last surviving visionary of Fátima (†2005)—entitled A Pathway Under the Gaze
A friend of mine from college named Paul Coakley recently passed away. His death has had a tremendous impact on my life and in the
What a year it has been! And now, as the Year of Faith draws to a close, our inclination is to wonder how our efforts
If you’ve been following the litigation challenging the now-infamous Health and Human Services mandate requiring employer-provided group health plans to cover abortifacients, sterilization, and artificial
