Published a week short of his 92nd birthday, Joseph Ratzinger’s essay on the epidemiology of the clergy sex-abuse crisis vividly...

Some two millennia ago, a ragtag bunch of nobodies learned what their tortured and executed friend, the rabbi Jesus from Nazareth, meant...

(Photo courtesy of Unplanned movie) I saw the movie Unplanned this weekend. It hit me hard. Not that I suddenly realized abortion is...

(Photo: El Pueblo Católico file photo) “Do not be afraid!” the angel told Mary Magdalene, “I know that you are seeking Jesus the...

Readers of a certain vintage (say, over 60) will remember the Imperial Margarine TV ad that dismissed butter as “the high-priced spread.”...

(Photo courtesy of Unplanned / unplannedfilm.com ) Abby Johnson was astounded when in a meeting her supervisor Cheryl told her that her...

Your Eminence: I noted with interest your recent announcement of a “binding synodal process” during which the Church in Germany will...

(Photos: St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus by Guido Reni, c. 1620. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) | St. Patrick detail in the...

When a pope is elected, the cardinals who have just chosen him make their way to the Hall of Benedictions atop the narthex of St. Peter’s...

In my last column I looked at the need for conversion and repentance for sin. The goal of Lent, however, does not end there, but looks...

By Dr. Jim Langley Dr. Jim Langley is a licensed clinical psychologist and the director of St. Raphael Counseling under Catholic...

Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice, thanks in part to a...

“Repent and believe in the Gospel” (Mark 1:15). You may hear these words of Jesus on Ash Wednesday, which can be said when you receive...

DENVER, CO - FEBRUARY 19: Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, alongside Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, speaks during a press...

“Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not...

Male and female gender symbols on a black background with space for text (Photo: Adobe Stock) When I was speaking full-time to teenagers,...

In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French Army was convicted of treason on the grounds that he had given military secrets to...

In the mid-1980s, my wife and I were invited to a baptism and to the post-christening reception at the home of the newborn’s parents....

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

You may know the Capuchin friars from their longstanding service within the Archdiocese of Denver. They serve at Annunciation Parish and...