Most often we associate the term “Crusades” with an effort by the European Christians of the Middle Ages to take back the Holy Land, specifically Jerusalem, from the Muslims. Indeed, there were Crusades mounted for ...
As Catholics in the U.S., it’s impossible to ignore the statistics. For decades, participation in the Church has been shrinking. More U.S. Catholics have fallen away: In a 2018 survey from the Center for Applied ...
Through revelations to three holy women — Sts. Juliana of Cornillon, Margaret Mary Alacoque and Faustina Kowalska — the Church celebrates Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy
Matrimony is a sacrament in the service of communion. As explained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, matrimony (along with holy orders) is ” directed towards the salvation of others; if they contribute as ...
The young adult years are a time of rapid change and transition. People in their 20s and early 30s are often moving homes, changing jobs, meeting new people and figuring out what they want to ...
In Catholic Church history, one of the most famous controversies, and most famous crises between Church and state, between pope and king, took place in the early 13th century. The antagonists were Pope Innocent III ...
Everyone passing away leaves behind material traces of their life. The existence of a Jewish man, called Jesus of Nazareth, is supported by strong historical evidence. The question therefore is raised: Are the various artifacts ...
Sainthood. Each of us is called to it, but it’s not so simple to achieve. Thankfully, we have the example of thousands of men and women throughout history who the Church has declared to be ...
The lives of Sts. Cecilia, Agatha, Agnes, Anastasia and Lucy have resonated across centuries. These female virgin martyrs of the early Church are all named in the Roman Canon — Eucharistic Prayer I in the ...
Recently, Christians have heard much about the split in the Eastern Orthodox Church, between the church in Istanbul (Constantinople) and the church in Moscow. In October 2018, the patriarch of Constantinople agreed to the independence ...
