Ecclesia semper reformanda: The Church must always be reformed. These words have hit home recently in the midst of a crisis of confidence...

Editors Note: In this column, Archbishop Aquila presents some excerpts from a talk he gave to the National Association of Catholic Family...

Bishop Robert Barron and others working hard to evangelize the “Nones” — young adults without religious conviction — tell us that a major...

In late June, I visited the concentration camp at Dachau, located in a wooded suburb a few miles from downtown Munich. The camp site...

There is, to be sure, a stress within the Biblical tradition that God is radically other: “Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God...

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory” (John 1:14). John describes Jesus as...

Catholic literacy has been in steady decline. A recent Pew poll revealed that only 50% of Catholics know that the Church teaches that...

If you have been following the recent political debates and the rulings being made by our courts, you will see that we seem to be at a...

Forty years after Pope John Paul II bent the course of the 20th century in a more humane direction during his first pilgrimage to his...

Fifty years ago this week, the crew of Apollo 11, the world’s latest heroes, were doing decidedly unheroic things: napping, drinking...

On July 25th, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. James the Apostle, whose journey from fisherman to evangelist should inspire and...

Thanks to President Trump’s “America First” rhetoric and the rise of populist-nationalist parties in Europe, there’s a lot of debate...

(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) In October, the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region will be held at...

On first meeting Dr. Andrzej Grajewski, you probably wouldn’t guess that this mild-mannered Polish historian is one of the world’s...

Both Jews and Greeks were scandalized by the Incarnation. Could the Son of God truly become man, taking on our weak flesh, and suffering...

Recent news stories present us with immigrants and refugees whose God-given dignity is being disregarded or subject to a system of laws...

Ten years ago, a friend and colleague suggested that I write “The Great Vatican Novel.” I quickly declined, not just because the truth...

Throughout the 20th century — the greatest period of martyrdom in history — persecuted Christians used the dross of this world to make...

Continuing a venerable tradition, I offer the following for your canicular reading pleasure: John Hay spent decades at the center of...

(Photo: Unsplash) I saw my friend Shelly the other day, for the first time in 28 years. Back in the day, she was Shelly Pennefather,...