DENVER, CO - AUGUST 15: People gather to mark the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Denver, Colorado, for World Youth Day...

In the 1920s, when the United States had a quasi-Stalinist regime on its southern border, “Viva Cristo Rey!” was the defiant battle cry...

This was a tough year for losing friends. At one point, I got so tired of writing obituary columns that I wrote a kind of pre-obituary so...

What comes to mind when you think of the wise men presented by the Gospel of Matthew? You might think of three figures, we refer to as...

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: Demonstrators participate in the #MeToo Su rvivors' March in response to several high-profile sexual...

For the past decade or so, I’ve been assembling a mid-sized Judean village of Fontanini crèche figures, including artisans, herders (with...

We are shortly approaching two events that this year stand in contrast to one another – the birth of Jesus at Christmas and the end of...

We’re navigating through a true rock and a hard place right now: moral relativism and the oversaturation of technology. In fact, they are...

It’s been a good year for publishing – at least in the sense of a lot of good books getting published – so here are some for the readers...

Happy (real) new year: the beginning of a new year of grace, which began December 3 with the First Sunday of Advent. “The holidays” so...

The ongoing wave of disclosures of sexual harassment across our country shows that while policies and laws are helpful, they do not solve...

Throughout this academic year, Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University is hosting a series of lectures, billed as the “first...

On September 29, 1952, the publication of the complete Revised Standard Version of the Bible was celebrated at the National Guard Armory...

In our Catholic tradition, we esteem the saints of heaven and ask them to help us with their prayers. But along with the assistance...

With the seemingly ever-increasing number of days dedicated to celebrating various causes or events, the Church presents us with the...

Image by Justin Smith from UK – Maria Sharapova – Wimbledon 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7737952...

Four centuries after his death, Shakespeare remains a peerless playwright because of his remarkable insight into the human condition....

By the time you read this, All Saints Day will have come and gone. But, just to extend the feast a few more days, I want to share the...

(Photos: Pexels) Patients who face serious illnesses are sometimes attracted to alternative medicines, also referred to as “holistic” or...

In writing Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II , one of my secondary intentions was to bury two urban legends: that...