Timothy O’Malley reflects on how his family is dealing with the interruption to their Sunday routine during the COVID-19 quarantine. “The first Sunday spent in quarantine, we tuned into our parish’s Sunday Mass, only to ...
American Catholics are facing an unimaginable Holy Week this year. With the suspension of public Masses throughout every diocese in all 50 states, there will be no Palm Sundays in our parishes, no Triduum liturgies, ...
Meg Hunter-Kilmer writes how for seven generations after missionaries were expelled from Japan, a group of Hidden Christians kept the faith alive, even though there were no priests to serve them. She writes, “The question ...
Father Donald Calloway has written a new book, "Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father." The book has sold more than 80,000 copies and is in its fifth printing. In an interview ...
Lisa Hendey writes that with many families engaging in prescribed “social distancing” as the coronavirus reaches pandemic levels, managing screen time will be the new norm for the foreseeable future. It’s good to know that ...
It’s important to recall that, although our obligation to attend Mass might be dispensed, we are never dispensed from honoring the Third Commandment to “keeping holy the Sabbath.” Sunday remains to be set apart as ...
In reflecting on the coronavirus crisis facing us, Leonard DeLorenzo writes that “it is impossible to play out every scenario where there will be unavoidable loss in the coming months. What is certain, however, is ...
In the 10th installment on the life of Christ, Russell Shaw writes about the Sadducees and Pharisees, the opposition who were hostile and unyielding from the start, and by the end, they had become murderous. ...
Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to Carlo Acutis, paving the way for his beatification, which will likely take place later this year in Assisi, where he is buried. Acutis’ intercession reportedly helped to ...
In the third of a ten-part series on the Ten Commandments, Leonard DeLorenzo explores the Second Commandment: “You shall not invoke the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.” Using the Lord’s name in ...
