Real love involves real hatred: whoever has lost the power of moral indignation and the urge to drive the Sellers from the Temple has lost
I have been to Heaven because I have been to a Divine Liturgy. In order to explain what a Divine Liturgy is, we must
I was told that my First Holy Communion day would be the happiest day of my life. I found it difficult to believe that it
Dr. Raphael Lataster is a university lecturer in religious studies and a strong advocate of Bayesian reasoning. His work’s central theme is the inauthenticity of
During my thirties, I began putting on extra weight. Since I was a tiny, skinny child I really paid no heed until it was ‘too
Thomas John Paprocki is the Bishop of Springfield in Illinois. The occasion of this interview was the recently-completed Springfield Diocesan Synod, the first since 1963.
Thomas John Paprocki is the Bishop of Springfield in Illinois. The occasion of this interview was the recently-completed Springfield Diocesan Synod, the first since 1963.
Many non-Catholics regard the Church with perplexity or dislike because of “myths,” or misconceptions, about her, or about her teaching or practice. I used to
This month marks the one year anniversary of the passing of an extraordinary man, Fr. Arne Panula. While I never met him personally, I am deeply
There are so many angry, frustrated people on Facebook spewing their volatile rage these days that I try to avoid using it. But earlier this
The secret to happiness: fall in love, get married, have babies – once undisputedly known to be the key to the majority of people’s happiness,
In John 1:14, the word “The Word was made flesh” almost always translates as: “and dwelt among us,” or some other reference to “dwelling.” Some
‘It looks full of hard words and signs and numbers, not very entertaining or understandable looking, and I wonder whether it will make people
While flipping through a magazine from 2017 a few months ago, I noticed a “staff pick” feature for a movie that was soon to be
We were all shocked and shattered when my brother announced that he wanted to become a priest. It was not just that he wanted to
When I was six years old I had a special treasure chest. It was only an old black plastic lunchbox, the kind a man might
This past May two of my relatives passed away within a few days of each other. One had a Catholic funeral Mass, or the Mass
Last month, I responded to George Weigel’s commencement address to the law students of Ave Maria University, in which he urged prospective Catholic lawyers to
I am sometimes amazed by the casualness of this generation, sometimes called the millennial generation. In some ways casual is refreshing but in other ways,
Many in the Church have made serious assertions that we can have a reasonable hope that at the Final Judgement Hell will be empty –
Pete Socks, the former book reviewer for Catholic Stand is now managing Breadbox Media, a Catholic-based, spiritually-focused, national podcast network. He will be posting podcasts regularly
So why are we Catholic? The world hates us, with a passion. By just about every indicator, the Catholic Church is losing its rank among
