The word “doctor” means teacher, not healer, which is why we call certain saints “Doctors of the Church.” They are the great teachers who...

The first session of the “Synod on Synodality,” currently meeting in Rome, is slated to be followed by a second such month-long affair in...

Photo by Josh Olalde on Unsplash I just read that Exeter University has launched a new master’s degree program — in the occult. That’s...

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash By Michelle Connor Harris, Psy.D., Executive Director, St. Raphael Counseling “Well, my mom...

The Church dedicates the month of October to the rosary, that simple but beautiful prayer filled with holy power. The rosary offers us a...

Those most enthusiastic about the Synod on Synodality that opens on October 4 want to say that it’s the most important Catholic event...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) The Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace commissioned a document called “The Vocation of the Business Leader – A...

(Photo: Lightstock) We believe that the Eucharist draws us into communion not only with Jesus, as we receive his body, but also with our...

It’s a rare occasion when the word “unprecedented” can be used for a Church whose history extends over two millennia. Yet something...

The late Jimmy Buffett. Public domain photo. I loved Jimmy Buffett. Loved his music, loved the easy-going island life he sang about. And...

Ever since the 1596 Union of Brest reestablished full communion between the Bishop of Rome and several ecclesiastical jurisdictions in...

Ideology unsettles not only those pulled into its alternate reality but also those who resist it, for it inspires overreactions against...

I wish all those who find themselves concerned, depressed, befuddled, or angry at the present state of the Church could have spent July...

In early July, Vladimir Putin toured an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, piously crossed himself, and lit a candle. Hours before,...

(Photo: Lightstock) On August 10, Pope Francis posted on X: “With sorrow I heard about the news of the shipwreck involving migrants in...

“Pope Francis has just given the Vatican his Ratzinger,” declared one July 2 headline; “Pope Francis Finds His Ratzinger,” announced...

File Photo by James Baca/Denver Catholic Register Thirty (thirty!) years ago, I experienced probably one of the greatest privileges of my...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) In today’s fast-paced and media driven world, where information bombards us from various sources such as TV,...

Photo by Anya Semenoff / Wellspring Catholic Academy of St. Bernadette By Mark R. Sanders LPC, CAS St. Raphael Counseling Football...

The latest self-inflicted blow to the Vatican’s China policy came in mid-July, when the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had...