(Photo: Adobe Stock) St. Augustine said, when he was bishop of Hippo, “Change the heart and the work will be changed.” I have found out...

(Photo: Ingfbruno, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0) To my mind, the most cringe-inducing moment in the drama of Claudine Gay and her resignation...

Well, it’s January. January is the month, a few years back, when something happened to my family and me (a story for another time) that...

I began the New Year with another move. My wife, Anne, and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this past year. During this time, we...

In the apostolic letter Ad Theologiam Promovendam (To Promote Theology), issued by Pope Francis on Nov. 1, 2023, the Church was urged to...

One hesitates to begin the civil new year on a critical note, when hopes of a brighter future run high. But when reality is being...

Detail from the cover of The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times by Eduard Habsburg. (Design by Jess LaGreca, Mayfly Design)...

John Carroll (1735-1815) was the first Catholic bishop, not just in , but of the United States, for during the first 18 years of his...

Photo by Erica Marsland Huynh on Unsplash You know how they say the first Christmas after the death of a loved one is the hardest? Well,...

Composed in the wake of 9/11, “The Dream Isaiah Saw” quickly became a contemporary Christmas classic. The hymn’s powerful evocation of...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) We are living in an apostolic age where increasingly more people are rejecting the tenets of Catholicism and the...

(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...

On November 10, a “Synodal Committee” created by the recently completed German “Synodal Way” met for the first time. The committee’s...

Photo by Omar Ram on Unsplash By Brianna Heldt/National Catholic Register The excitement in the house was palpable from the moment the...

Advent-2023 is as short as Advent can be, so this annual column on Christmas gift books that will inspire, entertain, inform, or all of...

Photo by S&B Vonlanthen on Unsplash By Dr. Michelle Connor Harris Executive Director, St. Raphael Counseling “It’s the Most Wonderful...

With the God of the Bible having largely disappeared from public consciousness in Great Britain, the closest thing to a replacement deity...

For decades, we tried canceling the devil, refraining from talking much about him, or bothering much with him at all. Catholics thought...

As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day on November 23, my Catholic fellow-citizens might take a moment to give thanks for a 120-year old...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) The term “the divided life” isn’t one you hear used ever in the secular world. For most people, we have just one...