While the coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions have interrupted people's lives and brought suffering on a global scale, every individual -- including the pope -- has or will experience traumatic interruptions in their lives, Pope Francis ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about two friends dealing with cancer in this week’s Taking Note column. Both are dealing with their illness during the coronavirus pandemic. One friend, she writes, “was healed by doctors and ...
Twenty-twenty has been a never-ending storm that can fray even the calmest of nerves. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic and racial tensions throughout the country, the upcoming presidential election continues to divide the country ...
There is rarely anything uplifting about young death. Young death is a tragedy, a heartbreaking result of our fallen world, and God our Father only knows the reasons behind it. Over this year’s Christmas holiday, ...
Question: Why do the Gospels omit so much of Jesus’ life? It would have been edifying to see how he lived as a child, teenager and adult. As a parent I would love to show ...
As Catholics we hear quite a bit about the love of God. We are reminded through the Mass Readings that God is always with us and we need not worry or be afraid. Sometimes, however, ...
When the world looked at the face of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, it saw pure, simple joy. Then, in 2007, 10 years after Blessed Teresa’s death, a collection of her private letters was published. Suddenly, ...