Pole that he was, Karol Wojtyla had a well-developed sense of historical irony. So from his present position in the Communion of Saints,...

As Catholics, we recognize Jesus’ Eucharistic presence to be the source and summit of our faith. Nonetheless, we can take His presence at...

Perspective is at least as important when reading the signs of the times as it is in landscape painting. And so, in this autumn of our...

In my travels throughout Colorado, I have experienced the goodness of the people of our state. We are a generous, welcoming and kind...

I never took a class from historian Frank Orlando, but the motto he placed in the faculty section of my college yearbook — “History is an...

(Photo: Pixabay) I wasn’t sure what name you are going by these days. “Angry,” “Disgusted,” “Demoralized,” “Fed Up,” “Devastated.”  I...

While Catholicism has been embroiled in a crisis of sexual abuse and episcopal malfeasance reaching to the highest levels of the Church,...

“The waters have risen and severe storms are upon us,” St. John Chrysostom once preached. “But we do not fear drowning, for we stand...

Jordan Peterson became an overnight celebrity with the success of his book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Random House, 2018)....

Just when the Long Lent of 2002 was coming to a boil in March of that year, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Vatican’s...

Anyone looking for a remedy for insomnia might try working through the Instrumentum Laboris , or “working document,” for the XV Ordinary...

Like most Catholics, I have found myself equal parts appalled and frustrated over the recent abuse allegations (and ensuing cover-ups)...

During these tumultuous days for the Church, I have been praying that the Spirit of Truth descends upon every disciple in the Church,...

As this Catholic annus horibilis continues to unfold, perhaps some good news is in order; first, a little background. In late 1991,...

The Sunday Mass scriptures during this summer of horrors have often been eerily appropriate, beginning with Jeremiah’s polemic against...

Twenty-five years ago, Pope St. John Paul II called Catholics to enter a new evangelization during World Youth Day in Denver. This...

The medieval Jewish sage Maimonides counted 613 commandments, or mitzvot, in the Law that God gave his people, Israel. The 20th-century...

The outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war caused the premature suspension of the First Vatican Council on October 20, 1870 and left the...

Pope John Paul II said he came to Denver to proclaim the Gospel in the “modern metropolis,” but some organizers thought only 60,000...

On this 25th anniversary of World Youth Day in Denver, I can’t help sharing one of my favorite personal memories of John Paul II. It was...