Today the Vatican released the names of the 15 members of the Council for the Economy, which was established by Pope Francis late last month with the promulgation of his motu proprio Fidelis et dispensator […]
Next week will mark the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, and Pew Research has published a report on how the Holy Father is perceived by Americans—both Catholic and non-Catholic—and whether or not those perceptions […]
Another Lenten season has begun for the Church, the time in which the most important truths of the faith are meditated upon, re-enacted, and celebrated. It will be almost 20 years next October since John […]
I was a little shy of ten years old when I had what may have been my most spiritually profitable Lent ever. Looking back now, I can see clearly that I owed that to my […]
In the midst of the unfolding societal, political and now international crisis in Ukraine, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has been a constant and courageous witness to the moral law, human rights […]
Meatless links, it goes without saying. • On Catholic World Report, Mark Shea writes about “living lent in the fast lane”: Lent is the reminder that all this sort of thinking is, well, ashes. Bupkis. […]
Lent, or the Great Fast, is now upon us, and this year both Eastern and Western Christians will celebrate the Lord’s Passover from death to life on the same Sunday: April 20. And this raises […]
Today the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published a lengthy interview with Pope Francis touching on a wide range of subjects, from birth control and divorce to same-sex marriage and child abuse, as well as […]
I’m pretty lousy at doing Lent. So I’m a natural for yakking about it since (just between you and me) you’re pretty lousy at it too, no? Seriously, who says, “I am the most awesome […]
Just two days after the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of a homeschooling family from Germany seeking asylum in the United States, which would have led to deportation, the Obama Administration shocked the […]
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