The Resurrection of Jesus from the dead was a shock. The idea that he would truly rise from the dead seemed far from the minds of the...

The Gospel readings of Lent remind us that opposition to Jesus and his mission frequently grew out of the desire for a redeemer who was...

The word quarantine comes from a contraction of the Italian words (in the Venetian dialect) for 40 days, referring to the length of time...

This bruising Lent, in which “fasting” has assumed unprecedented new forms, seems likely to be followed by an Eastertide of further...

(Photo: Ruben Hutabarat / Unsplash) Well, I don’t think it would be an overstatement to say that Lent has been a lot Lent-ier than usual...

There can no longer be any doubt about it — with COVID-19, we are living through a historic pandemic, one that requires swift action and...

As dioceses across the world have decided to cancel Mass due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many faithful have asked various...

It has been 25 years since St. John Paul II released his landmark encyclical Evangelium Vitae – The Gospel of Life – which made a...

By Father Luis Granados, dcjm As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Evangelium Vitae, an old question reappears in our conversations:...

By Father Angel Perez-Lopez As we celebrate the anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical Evangelium Vitae (EV), we must acknowledge...

As Yale’s Carlos Eire masterfully demonstrated in Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 , there was no one “Protestant...

“Churchmanship” is not a term in vogue today, and given the alleged inclusivity-deficit of such words it’s unlikely to make a comeback....

Deacon Rob Lanciotti is a permanent deacon at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Fort Collins and holds a doctoral degree in Microbiology. He was...

How would the saints act if they were in our position? The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has certainly caused various reactions – some...

Lent is a time during which Catholics return to the basic practices of the faith – prayer, fasting and almsgiving – to promote deeper...

Perseverance on a difficult but noble path is a virtue. Stubbornness when confronted by irrefutable evidence of a grave mistake is a...

Several years back, the estimable Father Paul Scalia observed, of some cultural idiocy or other, “Who knew the end of civilization would...

Rome’s Aventine Hill has seen a lot. Legend has it that a dispute over the hill led to the fratricidal conflict between the city’s...

Tucked away in the province of Burgundy, wine, Romanesque architecture, and the monastic life all reached their highpoint in the Middle...

We are about to begin the first Lent of a new decade. And there is nothing like being in Rome for to prepare one for this period of...