Last Wednesday, St. John Vianney Theological Seminary’s refectory was electric with the energy of an announcement from Rome. I stood in...

Jacques Fesch was a murderer. Fesch grew up in Belgium, living a life of luxury with his father’s wealth. He traveled extensively, he...

In the past few weeks, I’ve heard a lot of conjecture about what Pope Benedict XVI’s legacy will be. The secular media is nearly obsessed...

The sound of an arriving text message awoke me. It was from a close friend and it told me that the Holy Father had resigned. I read it...

Jacob was a great man, the patriarch of Israel and a father of faith. Jacob’s life was lived in service to his God. But Jacob’s life was...

When did modern Catholicism begin? The conventional wisdom says, “At Vatican II.” A sophisticated version of the conventional wisdom...

I can imagine what it was like to be Simon Peter standing by a fire, in a cold courtyard, on a terrifying night. Jesus had been arrested...

Two weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of Americans converged in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life. The march is an...

St. Rose Duchesne was an immigrant to the United States. So were St. John Neumann and St. Theodore Guerin.  St. Frances Xavier Cabrini...

This week, the Colorado State Senate will begin hearings on this year’s civil union legislation.  The Colorado Civil Unions Act, SB 11,...

I try not to pay attention to bumper stickers. It is important to drive safely and calmly. Many of the bumper stickers I see leave me...

I don’t usually agree with Frances Kissling. In fact, I’m certain that I never do. Kissling is a Catholic who has served as the director...

Last Friday, our country was once again overwhelmed with sadness and horror as we watched another school shooting; this time, the killer...

Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast we celebrate today, appeared to Juan Diego in 1531 at a difficult time in the history of the New...

On Saturday, the Church will celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this day, we recall that...

This Sunday the Church will begin the celebration of Advent, the season in which we prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ at Christmas....

In 1863, Abraham Lincoln expressed that: “The country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to...

Eighteenth-century British Jacobites wistfully toasted “the king over the water,” referring to exiled King James II, his successors, and...

Over the past few months, people have given me a lot of advice. “You’re doing a good job,” they’ll say “but here’s what the Church should...

November is the month in which the Church remembers the departed—those who have gone before us into the mystery of death, earnestly...