The Eucharist is a great work of cooperation. We supply the matter — the bread and wine, which is not simply natural material, but the...

On the morning of October 17, 1978, the newly-elected Pope John Paul II concelebrated Mass with the College of Cardinals and pledged that...

(Photo: Jackson David / Unsplash) Have you ever encountered a situation where your response was…well, weird? Where you could see that you...

No one who has worked in Washington for more than four decades, as I have, can possibly imagine Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., as one of...

We attended a prayer vigil, and prayed the rosary at night. We hoped for good news, while also preparing ourselves for the worst. And, in...

Within this multiyear Eucharistic Revival, we should not only foster devotion to the sacrament we recognize as the source and summit of...

Let us stipulate that the terms “international community” and “rules-based international order” have often been reduced to meaningless...

For months, the clergy and faithful of the archdiocese have been discussing and praying about how we are called to live out our faith in...

Writing my new book, To Sanctify the World: The Vital Legacy of Vatican II (Basic Books), afforded me the welcome opportunity to dig...

By Deacon Derrick Johnson Permanent Deacon at Assumption Parish in Welby In the summer of 2020, the world watched the collective...

Due its divisiveness, it can be tempting to avoid the topic of politics altogether within the Church and instead focus on the seemingly...

Sixty years after its solemn opening on October 11, 1962, is there anything new to be said about the Second Vatican Council? I think...

His Eminence, Mario Cardinal Grech General Secretary Synod of Bishops 00120 Vatican City Your Eminence: The “National Synthesis of the...

Americans have many reasons to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the few truly noble figures on the contemporary world stage....

On the 28th of August, we celebrated the feast day of the great St. Augustine, the anniversary of the day he died in the year 430 A.D....

At the “information meeting” of the College of Cardinals this past Aug. 29-30, there was considerable agreement that evangelization is...

(Photo: Chris Liverani / Unsplash) Have you ever prayed and wondered if God actually hears you? Have you ever felt like you aren’t...

There was considerable excitement in some quarters this summer when Pope Francis appointed three women as members of the Vatican’s...

“If we achieve great things outside of ourselves, and the achieving of them does not effect any change or development in ourselves, we...

Earlier this year, I had the honor and pleasure of being introduced to Hatfield House, ancestral home of the Marquesses of Salisbury, by...