(Photo provided) By Drew Gai   Becoming a father didn’t spontaneously make me a better Christian, but it has made it harder to be such a...

(Photo: Unsplash) Dr. Michelle Connor-Harris and Mark Sanders St. Raphael Counseling   If you’re a Catholic in your 20s, 30s or even 40s...

Jesus in the Storm on the Galilee Sea by Louis Janmot. (Photo: Public Domain/ArtVee) God has appointed us to bear fruit.  In the...

(Photo: MTF-GR, Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) The National Catholic Reporter  recently saw fit to mark Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s...

(Photo: Unsplash) By Sarah Mendus To be Catholic is to experience the greatest love story ever written. God is endlessly pursuing us,...

(Photo provided) It was a quiet Sunday evening, and I was making a cup of my favorite before-bed tea. My fellow missionaries had just...

President Ronald Reagan meets with Pope John Paul II during a visit to the Papal Library Vatican Pontifical Palace in 1982. (Photo:...

Thoughts on living liturgically at home and in the family (Photo: Unsplash) By Karin Middleton Associate Director of Family Ministry for...

(Photo: Pexels, edited) By Stacy Baum   I’ve had two MRIs in the past six weeks. The first — my first ever — was on my hip. And let me...

The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio, c. 1602. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) With his hands still clasped in the posture of...

Portrait of St. Benedict of Nursia by Herman Nieg, c. 1926. (Photo: Georges Jansoone/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) Lent shouldn’t be...

(Photo: Lightstock) “Send.” Another text. Out into the ether. Never to be seen again. For laughs, I looked back at my “conversation” with...

RFK Jr. at his hearing to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) The nomination of Robert F....

(Photo: Adobe Stock) In high school, I remember having conversations with my first real boyfriend. I was accustomed to having long, deep...

The Catholic Business Leader’s Struggle Between Selfishness and Love (Photo: Adobe Stock) In the competitive business world, success is...

(Photo: Lightstock) The beginning of February is big for celebrations here in the Auth household. We celebrate our 5th child’s birthday...

The Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Unsplash) The Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in the nation’s...

(Photo: Unsplash) By Mark Sanders Substance Use: A Growing Concern Addiction to a wide range of substances remains a significant issue,...

The Garden of Eden by Robert S. Duncanson (c. 1852). (Photo: Public Domain) We often ask what God wants for us. Even if he doesn’t often...

(Photo by Daniel Petty/Denver Catholic) I sat in front of a baby at Mass Sunday, and I ended up the one crying. I actually got to church...