After keeping the ritual of waving palm fronds on Palm Sunday to commemorate Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Christian believers (the practicing, the nominal, and
Catholics, in fact everyone, should be concerned about ‘The Great Reset.’ It is not a conspiracy theory. It is very real. And its aim really
I place this before you. You are free to accept it as a mystery or to call it nonsense and dismiss it as meaningless. Choose
Two months ago a good friend’s mother died, less than twenty four hours after my own father-in-law passed away. We lived in the same area,
Besides giving us Gregorian Chant, Pope St. Gregory the Great gave us the Roman Canon. And up to 1970, the only canon used during the
What is prayer and how ought we to pray? It is nearly impossible to hear a homily or read a religious article without receiving the
There is a kind of ‘game plan’ in the series of Sunday gospel readings during Lent. The readings start with events from the life of
Having moved to a new state this winter, I am participating in this spring’s 40 Days for Life vigils at a different Planned Parenthood site
This is a question about the specifically religious and moral factors which impact upon Christian decisions about “personal appearance.” It is less interested in the
And if Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith….and if Christ has not been raised, your faith
If you have studied Catholic apologetics at all, you almost certainly know that one of the biggest differences between Catholicism and Protestantism lies in our
In a recent Crisis article, Kennedy Hall tells us that he is “done with tolerance”. He goes on to point out that words, adopted by
I met Saint Mother Teresa as a reporter when I covered her trip to Toronto; she had a profound effect not only on my life
Woman has a genius all her own, which is vitally essential to both society and the Church. (Pope John Paul II, Angelus Message, July 23,
Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame (Luke 14:21). The
My Experience I was at the airport, standing at a charging station, waiting for my phone to charge. Near me, sat a man in a
Looking For the Dirty, Poor, Criminal, Uneducated, Demonic, Pagan, Illiterate, Diseased, Leprous, Blind, Deaf, & Paralyzed The four gospels present a variety of evangelists, most
These glorious forty days of Holy Lent can at times seem onerous. Depending on the rigor with which we assail the world, the flesh, and
There are red ones, blue ones, brown ones, black ones, white ones, and a even a green one. And a number of them have indulgences
“He hit a $1.2 million jackpot, then lost the winning lottery ticket.” This story, reported by the Washington Post in March of 2021, describes how
To the untrained eye, a Brazilian cow in a picture is just that – a cow. A breeder, however, might recognize the cow as a
And you,” he said to them, “who do you say that I am?” “You are the Messiah,” Simon Peter answered, “the Son of the living
