Ever since Thomas Kuhn popularized it with his 1962 book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , the notion of a “paradigm shift” has...

(Photo: Pixabay) In recent years we have witnessed a growing tendency to promote suicide as a way of resolving end-stage suffering....

In the history of U.S. Catholic higher education since World War II, three seminal moments stand out: Msgr. John Tracy Ellis’s 1955...

Editor’s Note: This column is adapted from Archbishop Aquila’s remarks to the 2018 Celebrate Life March, which took place on January 13th...

This past December 18, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the department of external relations of the Russian Orthodox...

Last year, I spent a raucous New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, celebrating with some of my oldest and dearest friends against the backdrop...

In his monumental video series, Catholicism, Bishop Robert Barron took us on a guided tour of the major themes of the Catholic faith. He...

I won’t venture into classical Roman literature, which is not my forte, but I will say with assurance that the greatest modern Latin pun...

DENVER, CO - AUGUST 15: People gather to mark the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's visit to Denver, Colorado, for World Youth Day...

In the 1920s, when the United States had a quasi-Stalinist regime on its southern border, “Viva Cristo Rey!” was the defiant battle cry...

This was a tough year for losing friends. At one point, I got so tired of writing obituary columns that I wrote a kind of pre-obituary so...

What comes to mind when you think of the wise men presented by the Gospel of Matthew? You might think of three figures, we refer to as...

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: Demonstrators participate in the #MeToo Su rvivors' March in response to several high-profile sexual...

For the past decade or so, I’ve been assembling a mid-sized Judean village of Fontanini crèche figures, including artisans, herders (with...

We are shortly approaching two events that this year stand in contrast to one another – the birth of Jesus at Christmas and the end of...

The Dream of St. Joseph by Anton Raphael Mengs (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) When the gas light for my car came on, I...

We’re navigating through a true rock and a hard place right now: moral relativism and the oversaturation of technology. In fact, they are...

It’s been a good year for publishing – at least in the sense of a lot of good books getting published – so here are some for the readers...

DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 13: The Consecration of the Archdiocese of Denver to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Cathedral Basilica of the...

Happy (real) new year: the beginning of a new year of grace, which began December 3 with the First Sunday of Advent. “The holidays” so...