The Good Samaritan by Rembrandt, c. 1633. (Photo: Public Domain) Most of us are familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan, which...

CINCINNATI, OH - OCTOBER 12: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden waves after delivering remarks during a voter-mobilization event at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal October 12, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio. With 21 days until the election, Biden is campaigning in Toledo and Cincinnati. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The image of the pre-conciliar Catholic Church in the United States as catechetically effective and politically potent can be hard to s

October 16, 2020 Dear brothers and sisters of the Archdiocese of Denver, Today, the Oversight Committee of the Independent...

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) The feeling of being in uncharted territory is one that many of us are experiencing these days. When...

Holy mass in Christian church during the coronavirus pandemic Covid-19. Safe personal distance with face masks. Chruch during pandemics By Deacon Rob Lanciotti Deacon Rob Lanciotti is a permanent deacon at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Fort Collins and holds a doctoral degree in Microbiology. He was employed as a virologist for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) for 29 years. Back in June as we began returning to Mass, I wrote from my perspective as a virologi

(Photo: Pexels) Well, it’s that time again. A national election is weeks away. So I guess it’s time for my quadrennial election column....

Earlier this fall, I was happy to be one of the initial signatories of “Liberty and Justice for All,” a call for national renewal drafted by scholars concerned about the dangerous deterioration of American public life. The temper of the statement can be discerned from its opening paragraphs and its conclusion: We stand at the crossroads. Over the next several years, the noble sentiments and ideas that gave birth to the United States will either be repudiated or reaffirmed. T

You’re probably hearing a lot about socialism recently. It’s become a hot button issue in our culture with major politicians advocating...

Every four years, Catholics face an intense dilemma in regard to the vote. There are ardently Catholic Democrats who wonder how their...

In January 2017, three days before Barack Obama left the White House, the New York Times published an opinion piece ent itled “ Reading the Classic N ovel That Pre dicted Trump .” Written by Beverly Gage, it spoke darkly of parallels between the 1935 Sinclair Lewis fantasy, It Can’t Happen Here , and the incoming new president. In the Lewis novel, a populist bully, Berzelius Windrip, sweeps to power in the Great Depression. He attacks blacks and Jews, the “lies” of the pr

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Abortion opponents and supporters hold signs in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. The high court is expected to issue decisions in six remaining cases, including the travel ban, public sector unions and redistricting, ahead of their end-of-June deadline this week. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) Great Britain’s parliamentary democracy has no constitutional text, but rather a “constitution” composed of centuries o

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: Mother Loraine Marie Maguire, of the Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media after aruments at the US...

Three U.S. Navy officers look out at me from a small, black-and-white snapshot, taken in Sasebo, Japan, on September 26, 1945: three and a half weeks after the Japanese Empire’s formal surrender aboard USS Missouri . These young Americans, assigned to an amphibious flotilla of landing craft, had spent the previous months on Okinawa, preparing to invade Dai Nippon. Given the carnage they had just witnessed on Okinawa, which was expected to be far worse when they led the seabor

What is truly essential? This has become a pressing question in our country, especially as churches have faced many government restrictions, even as pot shops and casinos have operated more freely. When John Paul II returned home to Communist Poland after his papal election, the enormous crowd gathered in Warsaw, formed of people who had faced over 30 years of restrictions on worship, chanted continuously, “We want God! We want God!” They were telling their totalitarian leade

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016 sent powerful shockwaves through American culture that reverberated deeply on...

A troubling trend is appearing as our country grapples with social unrest and the impact of the coronavirus, but it’s not a new trend....

Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic traditionalism was so deep, broad, and intense that self-identified “traditional Catholics” today might seem, in comparison, like the editorial staff of the National Catholic Reporter . Yet the greatest of 20th century English prose stylists held what some Catholic traditionalists (notably the “new integralists”) would regard as unsound views on the demise of the Papal States: a lengthy historical drama on which the curtain rang down 150 years ago this

(Photo: Promotional poster / Netflix) I love Netflix. I love that I can watch sitcoms and movies, as well as virtually any documentary I...

When the choirs of angels led Father Paul Mankowski, SJ, into the Father’s House on September 3, I hope the seraphic choirmaster chose...

By Dr. Michelle Connor Harris, St. Raphael Counseling Worldwide pandemic. Economic collapse. Riots and social unrest. Devastating tornadoes, hurricanes, and wildfires. So far, 2020 feels like the plot of some apocalyptic horror movie. If you are feeling stressed, depressed, or suicidal, you are not alone. A recent survey of U.S. adults found that 40 percent of respondents reported struggling with increased symptoms of at least one adverse mental health condition, including sy