As compared to literature and theater, films give you a lot. Films give visuals, audio and motion. They are created in spaces the viewer does not inhabit at a time when the viewer is not ...
Katie Prejean McGrady shares the journey of her grandmother’s conversion to the Catholic faith. Katie writes, “Raised by a Methodist preacher, she swam the Tiber with my reverted-to-the-Faith grandfather and became the most devoted, passionately ...
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes: “With searing images of mob violence at the U.S. Capitol fresh in memory, Joe Biden comes to the presidency as a potential healer of divisions and binder ...
For the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley writes that Jesus asks the two disciples, “What are you looking for?” This question of Jesus is addressed not just to those two disciples but to ...
Lower numbers and higher expectations — that, briefly stated, is the story of the March for Life in 2021, writes Russell Shaw in his latest column. For many years the pro-life march has drawn tens ...
Pope Francis offered prayers for the people of the United States "shaken by the recent siege on Congress" and prayed for the five people who lost their lives "in those dramatic moments" when protesters stormed ...
Meg Hunter-Kilmer’s journey of reading and studying the Bible has not always been easy. But through perseverance, she says, “Before I knew it, the word of God was running through my veins, tugging at the ...
We are happy to be done with 2020, writes Susan Erschen. We are glad this year of too much death, fear, suffering and strife is over. However, replacing our old calendars with new ones will ...
Catholic mom Diana Vallette shares what she has learned from raising an atypical child. She writes: “I’m learning (slowly and badly) that an adversity free life isn’t part of God’s plan for any of us. ...
Tim O’Malley writes for The Baptism of the Lord, that the Word made flesh, the splendor of the Father, is baptized with a baptism of repentance. In this act, Our Lord places himself in the ...