Every Sunday through the Nicene Creed, we Catholics profess our faith in Jesus Christ and express our complete conviction to the Divine Persons of the Most Holy Trinity. We stand up in community, in the ...
“How precious is the family for transmitting the Faith.” That’s Pope Francis, writing in his 2016 post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (“On Love in the Family”). His words echo the assertion, made decades before by ...
There’s growing confusion, anger and debate around a simple question: What does it mean to be a man? Our society seems to be suffering immensely from sexual abuse and violence, and the overwhelming perpetrators are ...
Let’s start with how, in late 16th-century France, a Latin word slid into a French term. What? Stick with me now. Maybe we tend to fiddle with the word “generous” — as in “developing a ...
It’s often been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That certainly is the case for a new Catholic audio app called Hallow, which has the goal of helping people grow in their faith ...
As the recent wave of the clergy sex abuse crisis continues to unfold, many laypeople are seeking ways to actively facilitate healing within the Church. One ministry for women has found greater purpose amid the ...
When my wife was pregnant with our daughter, Hope, fatherhood was still somewhat of an abstraction for me. Infant clothes, onesies, diapers and baby furniture began filling the room that would become a nursery, but ...
At a time when Americans are waiting longer to marry, or choosing not to marry at all, many dioceses and parishes nationwide are working to promote and strengthen marriage. Our Sunday Visitor interviewed a variety ...
Recently a story about a Detroit priest’s homily at the funeral of a young man who died by suicide created a media storm. The parents were upset, the priest was attacked, and everyone had an ...
For several weeks at the end of each year, Catholics in America celebrate the beauty and joy of motherhood. The liturgical feasts and biblical readings describe how God instilled hope by creating life in the ...
