Almost exactly 100 years ago, on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1918, a woman, a former slave, died in Denver. This apostle of...

These past few months, I expect many folks have found themselves resorting to the page and the lamp more often; may that literary trend...

Interracial people hands with stop racism phrase, fight against discrimination (Photo: Adobe Stock) “In the absence of faith, we govern...

There are two kinds of ignorance: the things I don’t know that nobody expects me to know, and the things I don’t know, but that I ought...

In 1918, Mayor James Preston presented a 264-piece silver service to Cardinal James Gibbons on behalf of Baltimore and its citizens – a...

We’ve just survived the only time in living memory without access to the Mass. The brutal Lent of 2020 extended even into Easter, as we...

A brief dip into Latin helps us understand how preconceptions can lead to biased judgments that falsify history — as they did when an...

Our nation has been shocked and convulsed by the tragic death of George Floyd, adding to the litany of those who have unnecessarily lost...

In his Life of St. Augustine , the 5th-century bishop Possidius tells us that the greatest of the Latin Doctors of the Church, knowing...

As a father of six, I know it’s hard to balance family priorities. Attending to everyone’s needs—emotionally, spirituality, materially,...

Deacon Rob Lanciotti is a permanent deacon at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Fort Collins and holds a doctoral degree in Microbiology. He was...

In mid-May, Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled a plan to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and impose draconian new “national security” laws...

I’d heard about Father Alexander Sherbrooke long before we met in June 2011; Father Sherbrooke had been a mentor for young friends of...

Debates about celibacy have recently been in the forefront of conversations regarding the Church, given the ongoing fallout of the abuse...

A few months ago, the idea of a virtual graduation or a size-limited public Mass would have been foreign to high schoolers and...

Shortly after President John F. Kennedy’s cabinet met for the first time, Vice President Lyndon Johnson waxed enthusiastic about the best...

Well, I’m not in Poland. As you may recall, last winter I told you I was leading a pilgrimage to celebrate St. John Paul II’s 100th...

As the world and the Church mark the centenary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II on May 18, a kaleidoscope of memories will shape my...

The Bible doesn’t keep secrets in terms of deliberately hiding details from us. Its meaning, however, comes alive for those with faith,...

It has been more than 50 days since Mass was celebrated publicly in the Archdiocese of Denver. The sacrifices made by both the laity and...