The first couple of months of a new year carry a certain weight as we create fresh calendars, long to-do lists, resolutions and the quiet
As Catholics we receive a direct call to our mission from Christ Himself. And it is a call we should not ignore. In His Sermon
Cold showers are awesome. Just kidding. I hate them. Who doesn’t? But I still took one every day for over a year. Every day. I
And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven (Matthew 12:31).
I had never heard of Magisterium AI until I read a CBC news article, “How a Canadian in Rome is building a Catholic AI from
The man knew his mother and all of her siblings, his aunt and two uncles, had aortic aneurisms and that one of his aunts, Aunt
Take a tip from the monastics—make it a habit to indulge in the “great” or “grand” silence. You won’t regret it. Draw Near to God
By Mary Klumpenhouwer President Trump said he wants to go to heaven. Trump cited his supernatural desire as his motivation for attempting to broker peace
Recently I listened to a talk given at a Franciscan retreat center. I felt right at home among the colorful, sprightly paintings of St. Francis
American Catholics who voted pro-life in the last Presidential election may have found themselves doing a double-take this month. Our President, widely considered a pro-life
Catholic genuflection is a silent, bodily language—an expressive act of faith combining doctrine, devotion, and physicality into a graceful gesture. It embodies sovereignty, sacrament, and
Rome was conquered by Christianity through love and the blood of martyrs. Perhaps Arabia and the Middle East will be reconverted by Christianity through love
What does it mean to be little? God became little to enter our world. Imagine: A tiny cell grew in Mary’s womb to be born
By George Ganssle It was in December of 2004 that my mother gave me a book to read. With God in Russia, the story of
As frequent readers of CS may know, I regularly travel to the Middle East. And that’s where I was for this year’s Advent and Christmas
Whether or not Greenland will ever become a US territory is anyone’s guess. But it seems President Donald Trump would very much like this to
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for February 2026 is made clearest by Catholic doctrine. Doctrines are the essentially unchangeable clarifications of Revelation and
In his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell wrote, “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and
I heard the other day that Johnny, a friend from my high school days, died 6 months ago. We haven’t lived in the same town
Last month, I promised to introduce you to some of my favorite, local artists. Artists whose creativity isn’t influenced by the algorithm, but by a
A Thomistic Reconsideration of an Apocryphal Text Thomas Aquinas was a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and philosopher considered one of the most important figures in
As one of the two most pressing of the corporal works of mercy, feeding the hungry is not just a nice thing for Catholics to
