John Carroll (1735-1815) was the first Catholic bishop, not just in , but of the United States, for during the first 18 years of his...

Photo by Erica Marsland Huynh on Unsplash You know how they say the first Christmas after the death of a loved one is the hardest? Well,...

Composed in the wake of 9/11, “The Dream Isaiah Saw” quickly became a contemporary Christmas classic. The hymn’s powerful evocation of...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) We are living in an apostolic age where increasingly more people are rejecting the tenets of Catholicism and the...

(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...

On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the first time. The committee’s...

Photo by Omar Ram on Unsplash By Brianna Heldt/National Catholic Register The excitement in the house was palpable from the moment the...

Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of...

Photo by S&B Vonlanthen on Unsplash By Dr. Michelle Connor Harris Executive Director, St. Raphael Counseling “It’s the Most Wonderful...

With the God of the Bible having largely disappeared from public consciousness in Great Britain, the closest thing to a replacement deity...

For decades, we tried canceling the devil, refraining from talking much about him, or bothering much with him at all. Catholics thought...

As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow-citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year old...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) The term “the divided life” isn’t one you hear used ever in the secular world. For most people, we have just one...

Photo by Nheyob via Wikicommons CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2014, I traveled with a group to Rome for the Canonization of St. John Paul II. One day...

(Photo: VOA / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 0) As chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John Lee is the principal...

In the beginning is the Father. He is the source and goal of all life. From him flows communion through the gift of his entire life to...

Shortly after the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, I noted in this column and elsewhere that the entire episode — including the fouling...

By their vocabulary, you shall know them? Well, to a considerable degree. And in these early November days, when the Church celebrates...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) “ The Vocation of the Business Leader – A Reflection ” is a document that should be of great significance, primarily...

The Synod on Synodality meeting this month is the first of a two-part synodal assembly; the second session is scheduled to meet a year...