Valentine’s Day is around the corner and many people are thinking about how they can best show their love to someone. Although it is...

Is masculinity “toxic”? The American Psychological Society apparently thinks so. They issued a long report about it recently. I tried to...

Writing recently on women seeking the presidency and the “likability” factor in our politics, Peggy Noonan made a tart observation:...

Our ancestors, Catholic immigrants to the United States, built up the largest private school system in the world. They made an enormous...

Peter Steinfels’s long career in journalism included years of service as editor of Commonweal (from which perch he took me to the...

In these times of trial, it is easy to forget or overlook the stories of faith, joy and vibrant life that are a part of the fabric of our...

By Chelsea Magyar Chelsea Magyar is a senior at the University of Colorado Boulder studying communications and dance. She is involved...

The morality of tyrannicide is not much discussed in today’s kinder, gentler Catholic Church. Yet that difficult subject once engaged...

The slogan “Nothing about us without us” was used by Solidarity in the 1980s in Poland, borrowing a royal motto from the...

We often hear of the Second Vatican Council and its messy aftermath, but it would be hard to imagine this council without its...

The Vatican is a hotbed of rumor, gossip, and speculation at the best of times — and these times are not those times. The Roman...

(Photo courtesy of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw) There is a controversy brewing in the Archdiocese of Detroit over a funeral homily....

2018 was a bad year for Catholics. 2019 is almost certainly going to be worse. Good reason, then, to reflect on two recent texts from the...

Advent and Christmastide are full of journeys and pilgrimages: Mary goes to Judea to visit Elizabeth. Mary and Joseph journey to...

Christmas and family go together as we gather to celebrate one of the holiest feasts of the year and to honor each other with presents...

As I have confessed to you many times before, I do not consider myself a good pray-er. My prayer is often dry. Dry as in, “is anybody...

“Do not be afraid … I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,...

Take a stand against the electronification of everything — give (real) books this Christmas. Some recommendations: Paul: A Biography ,...

Twenty years ago this month, I found myself seriously double-booked, so to speak. The editing of the first volume of my John Paul II...

I’ve been writing the Catholic Reader column for about a year and a half now and it’s been quite enjoyable sharing a great variety of...