We Catholics are a fortunate lot. Unlike our Muslim friends who need to observe a daytime fast for thirty whole days during Ramadan, Catholics need
There is perhaps no more distinctively Catholic prayer than the Rosary. I have heard that other Christians pray it too, but these are few and
I recently returned to Italy after spending over a month in the Middle East. Having never been in that corner of the world, I wasn’t
This is a question about the nature of faith. It asks whether a consideration of health and safety has implications for Christians’ models of faith
In 1969 Edwin Starr recorded the song “War.” The song asks the question “War, what is it good for?” Then it answers the question: “Absolutely
The Church gives us the season of Lent to prepare our hearts for the day that changed the course of history: Easter Sunday. Of course
Off the Shelf 239 – Leila Marie Lawler This week we take a look at the role of women in society and even more so
What if you could use the Internet without moral qualms, writing on platforms created by Catholics, for Catholics? Then you really would be free to
As a history buff, I have a certain perspective on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. It’s a sobering one. Being born just before the
The above title could easily describe a romantic song or poem. The object of one’s affections brings a heavenly aura anywhere that person happens to
How’s your self-awareness? Do you struggle with some area of life you think you can never change? Is there some repeated pattern of thinking or
Like many, I thought I had a decent understanding of Psalm 23 (The Lord is My Shepherd). But there may be some nuances I missed!
The witnesses of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ have handed on to the Church and to mankind a specific Gospel of suffering. The Redeemer
The classical four cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, courage, and temperance. It has often been claimed that the lynchpin of these virtues is justice. Justice
Most people wonder why we don’t encounter miracles in our lives. But to obtain them, we must first surrender our whole selves to God. If
In this world we live in – rife with conflict, intrigue, sorrow, loneliness, unchecked ambition, and the obnoxiously intoxicating pride of life – the currency
Jesus Christ gives his entire self—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—to us through the Holy Eucharist. In choosing bread to become his body, Christ humbles himself
The meme shows a portrait of Thomas Jefferson alongside a recent picture of a black man dressed in similar clothes, claiming that “it should tell
Ash Wednesday of 2017 fell on March 1. On March 7, my wife and I were on a plane from Newark, New Jersey to Tel
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
If the teachings of the Church are obscure or ambiguous and in many parishes today this is precisely the situation, then how can the concerned
Two years ago, I wrote an article called “How to Stick with Lent During Coronavirus.” It was the first COVID-related article at CS, published on
