By Julie Asher | Catholic News Service Child sexual abuse in the United States is at epidemic levels. More than 60,000 children are...

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

“For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come” (Hebrews 13:14). The author of the Letter to the Hebrews pointed...

Saint Dorothy Day? A former communist who had an abortion does not fit the mold of the normal candidate for canonization; yet her...

I recently visited the Denver Art Museum to see the Degas: A Passion for Perfection exhibit, which runs until May 20th. My kindergartener...

Genocide is a serious accusation. Many people have spoken of an ongoing persecution of Christians in the Middle East as genocide, a claim...

My last review focused on Pope St. John Paul II—not only a great saint, but also a hero in the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe....

When teaching college students a few years ago, I was shocked when I asked my students to tell me what they knew about Pope St. John Paul...

Catholics understand sex as a mutual giving of self, which should express the love and fruitfulness of marriage. The mutual giving that...

We celebrate Catholic Schools Week beginning January 28th. That day also marks the feast of the patron of Catholic schools, St. Thomas...

In his monumental video series, Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron took us on a guided tour of the major themes of the Catholic faith. He...

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...

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

In my last review, I looked at a number of new books on Martin Luther and genuine reformers in the Catholic tradition. In light of the...

Hero, villain, heretic, saint, reformer, corrupter, man of integrity, bombastic glutton. Which image of Luther should we believe? Because...

Our standards have been lowered when it comes to intelligent discourse from our politicians. Therefore, Nebraska’s Senator Ben Sasse’s...

In 2015, Sherry Weddell’s Forming Intentional Disciples became the Catholic book to read. Its simple but powerful message focused...

We’ve all heard the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction, right? Well, the truth is also apparently becoming even stranger–as...

It’s hard to recall another Christian book that has garnered so much attention in the media and has generated such vigorous discussion...

Dale Ahlquist is the President of the American Chesterton Society. The G.K. Chesterton Conference will be at the University of...