Photo courtesy of Father Sam Morehead via CNA The following is a brief excerpt from an op-ed penned by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila and...

Among those in the ultramundane pantheon of communist mega-monsters, Lev Davidovich Bronstein (better known by his Bolshevik nom de...

As we wrestle with how to hand on the faith, knowing that we are facing a general breakdown in its transmission, we can point to some...

As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops prepares to meet in Baltimore, misconceptions about a proposed conference statement...

Close-up of a mausoleum at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Wheat Ridge. (Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) I’ve been telling you that...

By any worldly measure, 1946 was an annus horribilis in Poland. With the exceptions of Cracow and Lodz, every Polish city lay in ruins....

We are born to die. This inevitable fact could lead to fatalism, although, more often, we simply fall into denial. We avoid thinking...

The most moving feature of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, are the pictures of the 40 brave men and women...

By Elizabeth Scalia Editor-at-Large for Word On Fire A recent conversation with a friend I know to be a faithful Catholic left me feeling...

Jesus was known for speaking directly and remaining close to sinners. He told the adulterous woman, “Go, and from now on do not sin...

Certain Catholic media platforms that often function as de facto extensions of Jen Psaki’s White House Press Office have continually...

On Sunday, Oct. 17, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila celebrated the opening liturgy for the diocesan phase of the Synod on Synodality at the...

In the Eucharist, we possess the greatest gift. Within it, Jesus gives us his entire self — body, blood, soul, and divinity — to be...

Some years ago, a Catholic prep school invited me to address its parents’ association on the future of Catholic education. After...

As Major League Baseball begins its post-season, let us pause and remember the late, great Bill Freehan of the Detroit Tigers, who died...

Do Catholics “believe that human life begins at conception” — a formulation that’s become ubiquitous in recent weeks? Well, yes, in...

Photo by Steve Halama on Unsplash I spent some time the other day in the ongoing task of sorting through all of Mom’s stuff. So. Much....

It’s a safe bet that “Mother Mary Lange” is not a household name in most U.S. Catholic circles. That unhappy state of affairs may change,...

In the summer before the Second Vatican Council opened, Pope John XXIII met with Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens in the papal residence at...

This past June 25, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States — usually dubbed the “Vatican’s foreign minister” — told a press conference that he and his colleagues didn’t believe that the Vatican’s speaking out publicly on the massive repression underway in Hong Kong “would make any difference whatever.” I beg to disagree. Vocal Vatican advocacy for such basic human rights as religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of association, an