The litany of the saints that we pray today for All Saints Day includes a prayer: “Bring back to the unity of the Church all those who are straying, and bring all unbelievers to the light of the Gospel.” The Read more…
This year we celebrate the Year of Dante, marking 700 years since the poet’s death on September 14, 1321. It is fitting that Dante died on the day when we commemorate the triumph of the Holy Cross, as he narrates Read more…
Rarely do I find myself looking to modern Hollywood for morality tales, either on screen or in headlines. And yet, every once in a while, a film is released that draws on truths incorruptible by CGI and modern mores.The latest Read more…
What does it mean to be a Latin rite Catholic? Does “Latin” have much a determining factor on how we worship and understand our life as Catholics. Latin not only served as the basis of Catholic theology in the West, Read more…
The Catholic Church, along with every major Protestant denomination, has witnessed a precipitous decline in Church attendance. This slide, set off during the 1960s, has accelerated with the rapid rise of the “nones,” Americans claiming no religious affiliation. We could Read more…
The greatest unresolved issue for the Church, in my opinion, consists in how to make sense of the modern world. Is there something there positive that will show us the way forward? Do we just need to abandon it and Read more…
Although Mother’s Day arose as a secular holiday, through the initiative of Anna Jarvis in the early 20th century, it’s easy to baptize the day. For Catholics, it’s not only a day to express love and gratitude to our mothers, Read more…
Joseph — son of David, husband of Mary, the humble builder, and adoptive father of the Messiah — stands as one of the greatest saints in the life of the Church. Throughout history, we, as members of God’s family, have Read more…
Through our baptism, we are born again into the Body of Christ, members of Jesus’s one mystical body. This makes us not only one with Christ and recipients of his own Spirit; it also places us in relation to his Read more…
We know the famous prophecy of Isaiah, “a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). Later in Isaiah there is another striking prophecy that complements this more famous one: “Before she was in labor Read more…