A recent Pew Research Center study shows that American adults are balking at the idea of commitment, and our families, the basic cells of society, are suffering as a result. Could the same be ...
Given the long history of the Church, Monsignor Owen Campion writes the feast of Christ the King is rather recent, instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925. Pope Pius created this feast to remind Catholics ...
Question: I have a question about the so-called good thief. Both Matthew and Luke say that he, like the bad thief and other bystanders who mocked Our Lord on the cross, verbally rebuked and abused ...
In the Opening the Word for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Timothy P. O’Malley addresses the invitation of all to partake in the communion of love. Every human being will need to decide if ...
Teresa Tomeo writes: “I don’t know about you, but more and more, I’m hearing of cases from radio listeners, friends and co-workers who have been accused of being uncharitable, unloving, even judgmental by sharing the ...
Democratic presidential candidate and former vice-president Joe Biden was denied holy Communion by a pastor of a South Carolina church earlier this month, and people can’t stop talking about it. The media, Church leaders, politicians ...
A year before the 2020 election, the U.S. bishops have launched their own campaign: Civilize It: Dignity Beyond the Debate, in which it is asking Catholics “to pledge civility, clarity, and compassion in their families, ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about her 25th class reunion and how the shared bonds of those formative years are recalled and build courage through these get-togethers. She writes, “We’ve lived so much — and separately ...
All too often we skip over feast days and don’t take time to slow down and celebrate them. As the holidays approach, don’t forget to celebrate the solemnity of Christ the King, where we are ...
The Church has always been intensely concerned about holding, preserving and sharing what it believes to be revealed truth about God and the meaning of life. Russell Shaw writes that the reorganization of the Roman ...