Marcel LeJeune asks the questions: What should we do with Catholics who exhibit imperfect faith? And what are some strategic responses? We have to be careful about coming to decisions about the state of any ...
Despite being well into 2021 now, the advertisements for gym memberships, weight loss supplements and new diets are still circulating on billboards and social media feeds. All that reflects the “eating disorder” that plagues American ...
As Christians pray, fast and give alms during Lent, they also should consider giving a smile and offering a kind word to people feeling alone or frightened because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said.
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St. Angela of Foligno said that prayer is the “School of Divine Love,” the place where we learn how to love God. It is here that our loving — or at least our best attempts ...
Gretchen Crowe shares her family’s love for maps and how that relates to the Lenten season. She writes: “I started to reflect on the reasons for my own interest in cartography. I like the big ...
This year, World Marriage Day, observed annually on the second Sunday of February, will be celebrated Feb. 14, which also is the feast of St. Valentine and which since the eighth century has been a ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez explains that in this age of darkness, loving more and better is critical. She writes, “Loving at every opportunity is the only way to a civilization of love.” She spoke of a ...
A reader asks: How can you love someone you don’t know or someone you hate? Monsignor Charles Pope explains that “to love is to will or want the good of the other. This does not ...
Dr. Greg Popcak writes that “every Christian is called to be pastoral. Not just pastors and professional ministers, but Christian parents, politicians and anyone attempting to use their gifts to build the kingdom of God. ...
Sister Josephine Garrett, a Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth, grew up in a multicultural environment in Texas. Although she was Baptist, she had graduated from a Catholic university and sang in a Latin ...