The history of the Church is replete with spiritual autobiographies, many of them written by saints, and many more written by priests, religious, and laity who have not been raised to the altars. Many Catholics […]
The Church, throughout her long history, has faced many terrible trials, united her in a deep and real way with the sufferings of Jesus. How can we be the saints the Church needs today, during […]
Father John Nepil has accomplished something that few others—priests or otherwise—have accomplished: he has summited all 54 of Colorado’s mountain peaks higher than 14,000 feet—twice. In the summer of 2022, he set out to traverse […]
There are many problems with the education system in the United States and throughout Western society. These are problems in society as a whole, which have infected the education system. Literature studies are not immune. […]
The Catholic Church in Ireland is in trouble. Seminaries are nearly empty, as are many churches, and a nation turning its back on its Catholic roots by legalizing and promoting abortion, divorce, and more. But […]
Cardinal George Pell was a larger-than-life figure in the recent history of the Catholic Church. This is, of course, a figurative and even literal statement: he physically towered over his fellow cardinals, and had a […]
Priests are indispensable in the life of the Church. It is through our priests that we are reconciled with God, fed through the Holy Eucharist, brought into the Body of Christ through baptism, and much […]
After nearly 25 years of work, and the publication of dozens of individual volumes, the complete Ignatius Catholic Study Bible has finally arrived. St. Jerome famously wrote “Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ,” and […]
In recent years, there has been a wider recognition and appreciation of the Jewish roots of the Catholic faith. Scholars and other authors have written numerous books and articles exploring this topic: Brant Pitre (Jesus […]
Catholics are a deeply liturgical people, and the Church’s liturgies and our lives have natural rhythms as their organizing principle: liturgical seasons, the hours throughout the day, sunrise and sunset, and on and on. Each […]
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