It’s commencement season and tens of thousands of students are graduating from inner-city Catholic elementary schools. As decades of...

If you really want to be satisfied in life, ask God, “What are you calling me to do?” We often talk about “vocations” in the Catholic...

Prior to April 27’s canonization-doubleheader, I taped a lengthy interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, discussing both...

When we first met in April 2011, what initially impressed me about Sviatoslav Shevchuk was his almost preternatural calm: which was...

Before he ascended into heaven, Jesus gave the apostles a mandate: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations … teaching them to...

Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna has long been a vocal supporter of Humanae Vitae’s teaching on the morally appropriate means of family...

The Gospel for this past Sunday began, “Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.”...

One of the striking things about the Easter and post-Easter narratives in the New Testament is that they are largely about...

Pope Francis’s bold decisions to canonize Blessed John XXIII without the normal post-beatification miracle, and to link Good Pope John’s...

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! With these words we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead and his victory over our sins. We also...

I want to extend my deep gratitude to all of you, too all people of good will in the state of Colorado. Little did I know what impact my...

This week, as we recall the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, the theme of innocence has been on my mind and in my heart. Jesus...

This coming Aug. 3 will mark the golden anniversary of Flannery O’Connor’s “Passover,” to adopt the biblical image John Paul II used to...

One of the many reasons to follow the Lenten station church pilgrimage through Rome is that, along that unique itinerary of sanctity, one...

In the first reading for this Wednesday, April 9, from the Book of Daniel, we hear about three faithful Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and...

For the better part of two centuries now, one of the standard tropes in western high culture has held that the-God-of-the-Bible-is-the-en...

Rejoice! This is the message that was proclaimed this past Sunday as we shifted our focus from the prayer, fasting and almsgiving that...

For Catholics and non-Catholics alike, Lent is often associated with eating fish on Fridays, since we are required to refrain from eating...

Historians of the Roman liturgy generally reckon the restorations of the Easter Vigil (by Pius XII) and the adult catechumenate (by...

“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do,” Jesus said as his executioners crucified him and onlookers reviled him. These are...