CRACOW. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees have passed through this ancient cultural capital of Poland since Vladimir Putin’s...

When I reflect on my experience of the Archdiocesan Synod, Jesus is active in healing his people and empowering us for mission. He calls...

Faith does not depend upon our own reasonings and feelings. It responds to the revelation of God, which exceeds all of our own...

One of the more irritating tropes of this age in which sloganeering has replaced argumentation is the alleged distinction between “wars...

Photo by Gera Juarez | Cathopic When I was a kid, my parents had a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus prominently displayed on their...

Barring a startling lurch to starboard in the Empire State, Kathy Hochul, who as lieutenant governor succeeded the unlamented Andrew...

It’s amazing what happens in what many people call “flyover” country, where many Catholics quietly are going about the work of rebuilding...

In one of his Blackford Oakes novels, William F. Buckley, Jr. had a character crack a Wagnerian joke along these lines: What is Siegfried...

The subject-line on the email was, shall we say, striking: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger women with babies.” The predatory...

On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II had lunch in the papal apartment with Dr. Jerome Lejeune, the renowned French pediatrician and...

Hundreds of pro-abortion demonstrators tried to block a monthly pro-life march and prayer vigil at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic...

It is easy to forget that the Catholic Church is composed of 24 self-governing Churches with distinct liturgical rites. We lose sight of...

About two-thirds of the way through that fine 1992 film, A League of Their Own , star catcher Dottie Hinson has had enough of the grind...

Just as the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973 was a turning point for how our country treats innocent and vulnerable children in the womb, the...

While I’ve never been able to remember the details of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the War of the Austrian...

Pope Francis has repeatedly called attention to what he views as a growing rejection of the Second Vatican Council. Speaking to editors...

CRACOW. Four and a half months after Russia invaded Ukraine on the Orwellian pretext of displacing a “Nazi” regime — a regime that enjoys...

Prior to June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important civil rights decision was handed down on May 17, 1954. Then, in Brown v....

“What is truth?” (Jn 18:28). Pilate speaks for many today, even as Truth itself stood before him. We as Catholics have accepted a basic...

In December 2021 and May 2022, I had the pleasure of teaching a mini-course in Rome, exploring the life and thought of St. John Paul II....