“Parents are parents for eternal life,” reflected Father John Hardon, S.J., “God gives them children in this world, but not for this...

Almost 37 years ago, I was ordained a priest of Jesus Christ in Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. I promised...

“Dear brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis told Catholics in Rome last week. “The Church loves you!  Be an active presence in the...

Imagine being among the apostles on the day the Lord ascended to heaven: Jesus Christ, who had begun as a friend, a teacher, and a...

Catholic marriage is to be joy-filled. It should be a partnered foray into radical discipleship, in which a man and a woman love one...

“The stone which the builders rejected,” says Psalm 118, “has become the cornerstone.” The cornerstone is Jesus Christ. He who was...

The recent papal interregnum and conclave underscored the importance of re-forming, and reforming, the College of Cardinals. As...

Marriage, most fundamentally, is gift. Or, perhaps more clearly, marriage is a series of gifts, connected and intertwined with one...

In the 1930s, Jesus Christ appeared to Sister Faustina Kowalska, a young Polish nun from Krakow. He told her that: “my mercy works in all...

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, entered the world “full of grace and truth,” born to reveal the Father’s love for the world, yet born to...

Last Wednesday, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary’s refectory was electric with the energy of an announcement from Rome. I stood in...

Jacques Fesch was a murderer. Fesch grew up in Belgium, living a life of luxury with his father’s wealth. He traveled extensively, he...

In the past few weeks, I’ve heard a lot of conjecture about what Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy will be. The secular media is nearly obsessed...

The sound of an arriving text message awoke me. It was from a close friend and it told me that the Holy Father had resigned. I read it...

Jacob was a great man, the patriarch of Israel and a father of faith. Jacob’s life was lived in service to his God. But Jacob’s life was...

When did modern Catholicism begin? The conventional wisdom says, “At Vatican II.” A sophisticated version of the conventional wisdom...

I can imagine what it was like to be Simon Peter standing by a fire, in a cold courtyard, on a terrifying night. Jesus had been arrested...

Two weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of Americans converged in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life. The march is an...

St. Rose Duchesne was an immigrant to the United States. So were St. John Neumann and St. Theodore Guerin.  St. Frances Xavier Cabrini...

This week, the Colorado State Senate will begin hearings on this year’s civil union legislation.  The Colorado Civil Unions Act, SB 11,...