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Catholic Teaching on Sex: Why Marriage Is the Key to Lasting Fulfillment
Studies show married Catholics who save sex for marriage report the greatest fulfillment — here’s why. (Photo: Lightstock) Have you...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Sep 95 min read


Time to move beyond “synoding”?
(Photo: Unsplash) In the first volume of his trilogy, Jesus of Nazareth , Pope Benedict XVI saluted the important contributions that...

George Weigel
Sep 33 min read


The Beauty of Spiritual Motherhood: A Tribute to My Aunt and Godmother, Cora Cain
(Photo provided) This column is late. And we are taking another break from our Theology of the Body series, to which we will return next...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Sep 14 min read


Why I’m Catholic
(Photo provided) St. Paul certainly could not boast about his conversion. He didn’t read his way into the Church. He wasn’t compelled by...

Jared Staudt
Aug 284 min read


Jesus Gives Us Excess So Others Can Have Access
Worldly success promised fulfillment, but left me restless. Only Jesus gave me freedom and abundant life. (Photo: Lightstock) It was just...

Tanner Kalina
Aug 275 min read


Ukraine and a peace worthy of the name
(Photo: Pexels) Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual lodestar is St. Augustine. In his first months in office, the Holy Father summoned the Church to...

George Weigel
Aug 273 min read


'You Are Loved': How Sacred Art and Our Lady of Guadalupe Revealed My Worth
In a world filled with fleeting images, one picture of Our Lady became the channel of grace that brought me home to the Church. Our Lady...

Elizabeth Zelasko
Aug 224 min read


Why am I (Still) a Roman Catholic
For Paul Winkler, faith is both a universal and a deeply personal thing: the God of the universe has become a personal friend. (Photo...

Paul Winkler
Aug 224 min read


I Asked If Anyone Would Miss Me — God’s Answer Changed My Life
Bullied, lonely and searching for belonging, I found more than I imagined — a relationship with the living God. (Photo provided) All my...

Allison Auth
Aug 214 min read


Our age of martyrdom
Bl. Miguel Pro was but one of the thousands of martyrs who gave their lives for the faith in the twentieth century. Their stories are...

George Weigel
Aug 203 min read


Restoring What’s Missing in Catholic Education
(Photo: Lightstock) “I sent my children to Catholic school from kindergarten through college, and now they don’t practice the faith.” ...

Jared Staudt
Aug 144 min read


A Rahnerian surprise
Portrait of Karl Rahner by Letizia Mancino Cremer, edited. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) Karl Rahner, SJ (1904-1984), one of...

George Weigel
Aug 63 min read


Conversion: A Lifelong Journey
(Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic) As I look back upon my life, I am filled with gratitude to the Father who bestowed so many graces...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Aug 45 min read


The Cure Has Begun: A Catholic Perspective on Healing from Sexual Brokenness
Magdala Ministries "exists as a space where women can find hope, healing and freedom alongside each other from sexual addiction,"...

Guest Contributor
Aug 15 min read


Becoming the Trusted Voice: Talking with Your Teens About Sexuality
(Photo: Lightstock) By Julia Sadusky, PsyD Note: In this third part of a four-part mini-series, we delve into how parents can address...

Guest Contributor
Jul 318 min read


It All Starts With A Prayer Life
(Photo: Lightstock) “How’s your prayer life?” As a student at the University of Texas at Austin, a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic...

Tanner Kalina
Jul 305 min read


The Summer Reading List, 2025 Edition
(Photo: Unsplash) Some years ago, a friend teaching at a state university told me that he was offering a course on the history of...

George Weigel
Jul 303 min read


The Psychological Effects of Pornography
Freedom and healing from pornography addiction or dependence are possible. (Photo:Lightstock) By Mark R. Sanders, LPC, CAS St. Raphael...

Catholic Charities
Jul 295 min read


Clarity and Charity: What the Catholic Church Really Teaches About Pornography and Why
At the core of the Church's sexual ethic is a call to love God, self and others as Jesus loved. (Photo: Lightstock) Note: In this first...

Father Scott Bailey
Jul 286 min read


When the Door Is Closed… and the Heart Open: An Art Reflection for the Jubilee Year
(Photo by Elizabeth Zelasko) World Youth Day in 2005 was the first time my feet left the soil of my homeland and touched ground overseas....

Elizabeth Zelasko
Jul 255 min read
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