Winds of about 30 miles an hour, I read, checking the weather the evening of September 26th. The next morning, after a calm hour of...

ROME–Pizza in the Eternal City tends to exemplify a proposition I have long defended: what crossed the Atlantic going west was usually...

(Photo: Unsplash) By Jim Smallwood Former Colorado State Senator Being a good Catholic and working in politics sometimes seems...

(Photo by Jason Weinrich) By Shawn Peterson President, Catholic Education Partners An option is something that exists; a choice is...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines charity as “the theological virtue by which we love God above all...

On October 20, 1994, something unprecedented in the modern history of the papacy took place: the reigning pope published a book that was...

During the greatest test of the durability of our Constitutional Union, President Abraham Lincoln offered a biblical metaphor to...

“It’s the economy, stupid.” That’s what we’ve heard really matters in our elections. Economic growth and the consequent effects on our...

I can understand why many Americans seem dispirited about world affairs. Things are indeed a mess. What I cannot understand, however, is...

Classical education has exploded in the last ten years, and for good reason. Education has descended into a utilitarian pursuit, though...

(Photo: Lightstock) As an American, I find great inspiration in the documents that laid the foundation for our nation and in the lives of...

In a recent interview with The Pillar, Dr. Frank Ronge, a veteran German Catholic bureaucrat who coordinates the German Synodal Path,...

Recently, I gave a talk on “Catholic Friendship” at Our Lady of Victory High School here in Denver—a fabulous school, by the way. It was...

Photo provided by First Things. This article was first written on September 27th for First Things by our friend Fran X. Maier. Speaking...

“Make everything you can a sacrifice.” – The Angel of Portugal to the three Fatima children Sacrifice stands before us as the hidden key...

According to the Vatican yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio , there are north of 5,000 Catholic bishops in the world today. They share...

Photo: Adobe Stock What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up today? Chances are it wasn’t God, but you were instead...

In her prescient book, Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse, Mary Ann Glendon of the Harvard Law School warned her...

“Hallow,” the prayer app that debuted in 2018, is one of the most popular spiritual tools on the planet, having been downloaded some 14...

Do we really have to have a funeral Mass (or funeral liturgy outside of Mass)? What if no one is going to come? The answer to these two...