As frequent readers of Catholic Stand might recall, after many struggles I finally obtained my Italian driver’s license. (For the not-so-frequent reader, I recounted my
November will soon end and December will begin. To most people that erroneously means it is Christmas season. Devout Catholic families know this is not
While traveling throughout the U.S. I often stop at Catholic churches to say a short prayer. Sadly, they are locked about half the time, but
Why do some speak so strongly against mental illness and those who suffer with it? With mental illness as common today as many other illnesses,
Perhaps one of America’s happiest feast days is Thanksgiving, a time when family and friends gather around to enjoy friendship….and feasting. For the hosts or
When Pope Leo XIV declared Carlo Acutis the Catholic Church’s first “millennial saint” in front of an estimated 80,000 pilgrims at St. Peter’s Square, the
“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” is an aphorism that has become a kind of proverb. The Wikipedia entry on this statement
In Polish homes on Christmas Eve, we set the supper table with an extra place setting, in hopes of hosting Christ. And all through the
Saint Carlo Acutis was an ordinary saint who loved the things of Heaven but also saw Jesus in the poor and the homeless.
After the party when St Francis had a brief mystical experience, he began to visit churches and places of solitude where he could prayer. Firstly
Flipping the canvas loafer over, I puff my lips out noisily, shaking my head over the smooth rubber sole. “Absolutely no traction,” I tell my
As a Catholic who writes about the Bible and a journalist covering the occupied West Bank, Christian nationalism in the United States is the subject
At Mt. St. John’s Academy in 1965, my Kindergarten classmates and I sang, “Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus.” Our teacher, Sr. Luigia, had taught us the Latin
Mary, the Queen Mother, intercedes for us to her Son, Jesus, the King of kings.
Serving others helps us to focus on something outside ourselves and is the greatest way to combat loneliness.
Throughout the United States, over 600 volunteers have dedicated themselves to setting captives free. They set seniors free from the captivity of spiritual isolation during
The Gospel reading for Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (Year C, 2025) encourages us to reflect on the significance of the narrow
Last year, I participated in the formal rite of exorcism with the local diocesan exorcist. While this was not my first encounter with demons, it
Parents should explain to their children, at an appropriate age, and in a nonthreatening manner, the reality of evil and the devil. One can even
The French playwright, Molière, once wrote that “la grande ambition de la femme est d’inspirer l’amour” (the great ambition of a woman is to inspire
Our primary goal in life is to get to Heaven. Everything is secondary to this. Earthly problems fade away, but Heaven and Hell are forever.
[God] loves exceedingly, that we should treat with Him in sincerity, plainness, and clearness, and not speak one thing and mean another. He always gives
