Faith & Spirituality

How gratitude leads to joy

The Thanksgiving season is usually when we more intentionally think about gratitude — but it often ends with the holiday. While it’s good...

Gratitude: A moral obligation

The Thanksgiving holiday always provides the occasion for reflection on gratitude, a virtue fundamental to loving our neighbor. We speak...

The Significance of Black Catholic History Month 

Photo by CarlosVdeHabsburgo via Wikicommons By Kateri Joda Williams Director of the Office of Black Catholic Ministry November is the...

The joys and sufferings of a priest, and how laypeople can help

By Dr. Jim Langley I became an altar boy at the tiny Holy Rosary chapel in Cascade when I was eight. As I got to know the priests, I...

Be transformed by the love of God the Father, Archbishop Aquila tells catechists

Catechists with the Neocatechumenal Way sing together at the conclusion of their retreat held last week in Aurora. Photo by Neil...

Archbishop Aquila’s November prayer intentions: For the dead and for peace in the Middle East 

“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit.’...

‘A cinematic meditation’: Catholic film on religious life in U.S. theaters Nov. 2

A still from the movie "Free." | Credit: Bosco Films By Courtney Mares A new documentary on Catholic religious life, filmed in some of...

In school visit, Cardinal Stafford introduces a new generation to St. John Paul II  

Cardinal James Francis Stafford speaks with students at John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Denver on Thursday, October 26. Photo...

The faithful servant of Christ and the Church who was assassinated by Soviet communists

Blessed Theodore Romzha. Left: A painting in the Basilian monastery of Glen Cove, New York, painted in the 1980s. Photo taken by Josaphat...

Why many Catholic dioceses offer free interment of cremated remains

Credit: Fernando Macias Romo/Shutterstock By Mary Farrow There are many ways – some more conventional than others – that cremated...

WATCH: The Spirit of a Pilgrim

Ann Sieben has reached a milestone most others can only dream of. The mendicant pilgrim has walked more than 50,000 miles – that’s double...

Recentering the Tabernacle – and our lives

Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash By Father Daniel Ciucci In high school, I took a gym class in which breathing, stretching and...