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The Father Desires Healing and Wholeness

(Photo: Lightstock) Throughout the Gospels, Jesus is clear: the Father desires to heal his children. He healed the blind and the lame,...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

Sep 29, 20254 min read

Finding Hope in a World of Death: The Cross as the Tree of Life

Pacino di Bonaguida, Tree of Life, 1305-1310. 248x151 cm. Accademia Gallery, Florence, Italy. (Photo: Elizabeth Zelasko) "For the word of...

Elizabeth Zelasko

Sep 26, 20254 min read

Three people sit on a beige couch with a black Labrador dog. The scene is warm and cozy with natural light, creating a joyful mood.

Do Animals Go to Heaven?

As the Feast of St. Francis, the most famous saintly animal lover, approaches, you might be asking: do all dogs really go to Heaven?...

Jared Staudt

Sep 25, 20255 min read

A person in traditional attire scatters seeds on plowed soil. Green trees in the background. Daytime, calm and natural setting.

Sow Those Seeds, My Friend

(Photo: Lightstock) In Mark 4, Jesus goes super agro. He rattles off three consecutive parables about sowing seeds. If we consider these...

Tanner Kalina

Sep 24, 20253 min read

Silhouetted couple stands under a tree with a red snake. Vibrant leaves in orange, green, and teal create a lively, abstract scene.

Catholics and gender ideology

"And God created them male and female," the Book of Genesis reads. (Photo: Lightstock) In this raw, emotionally overwrought moment in our...

George Weigel

Sep 24, 20253 min read

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Grieving Charlie Kirk: Why His Death Feels So Personal for Me and So Many Others

(Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia CC-BY 4.0) I have been stunned at how personal Charlie Kirk’s death feels for me. Literally, I have been...

Mary Beth Bonacci

Sep 23, 20255 min read

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Exploring the Heavens: Vatican Observatory Welcomes New Leadership

Father Richard Anthony D’Souza steps into a role this month that has been shaped by Jesuits who have bridged science and faith for...

Joseph Kneusel

Sep 22, 20254 min read

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What Is Your Catalyst for Change?

(Photo: Unsplash) A person will stay in their status quo — no matter how unfulfilling or even painful it may be — until the discomfort of...

Paul Winkler

Sep 19, 20254 min read

A blue asthma inhaler on a table; blurred background shows a child in blue, hands covering mouth, in a bright room with a plant.

Prayer, the Rescue Inhaler: What My Child's Asthma Taught Me About the Spiritual Life

Without prayer, the world shrivels up before us; with prayer, the Spirit expands our souls to contain God’s love. (Photo: Adobe Stock)...

Allison Auth

Sep 18, 20254 min read

Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah? Growing Up in a Love Triangle Obsessed Culture

(Photo: Prime Video AU & NZ, Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) By Mary O'Gara The Summer I Turned Pretty seems to have us all hooked this...

Guest Contributor

Sep 17, 20253 min read

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A heroic example

Cal Ripken Jr. ("The Iron Man"), shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles, practicing his swing before a game against the Detroit Tigers at...

George Weigel

Sep 17, 20253 min read

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For and Against: Catholics Take Sides on Tariffs

A container terminal in Manila, Philippines. (Photo: Unsplash) Tariffs, duties imposed on imported goods, have been causing global...

Jared Staudt

Sep 11, 20254 min read

Let’s make America serious again

The Great Cracker Barrel Logo Fracas is the least of our worries in the US. (Photo: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons) Having spent most of...

George Weigel

Sep 10, 20253 min read

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Catholic Teaching on Sex: Why Marriage Is the Key to Lasting Fulfillment

Studies show married Catholics who save sex for marriage report the greatest fulfillment — here’s why. (Photo: Lightstock) Have you...

Mary Beth Bonacci

Sep 9, 20255 min read

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Time to move beyond “synoding”?

(Photo: Unsplash) In the first volume of his trilogy, Jesus of Nazareth , Pope Benedict XVI saluted the important contributions that...

George Weigel

Sep 3, 20253 min read

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The Beauty of Spiritual Motherhood: A Tribute to My Aunt and Godmother, Cora Cain

(Photo provided) This column is late. And we are taking another break from our Theology of the Body series, to which we will return next...

Mary Beth Bonacci

Sep 1, 20254 min read

Priest in white robe with cross stands next to altar boy in red and white gown. They are in a church, with flowers and a crucifix behind them.

Why I’m Catholic

(Photo provided) St. Paul certainly could not boast about his conversion. He didn’t read his way into the Church. He wasn’t compelled by...

Jared Staudt

Aug 28, 20254 min read

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Jesus Gives Us Excess So Others Can Have Access

Worldly success promised fulfillment, but left me restless. Only Jesus gave me freedom and abundant life. (Photo: Lightstock) It was just...

Tanner Kalina

Aug 27, 20255 min read

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Ukraine and a peace worthy of the name

(Photo: Pexels) Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual lodestar is St. Augustine. In his first months in office, the Holy Father summoned the Church to...

George Weigel

Aug 27, 20253 min read

A woman in a blue starry cloak and floral robe prays, surrounded by a golden aura. She stands on a crescent moon, with an angel below.

'You Are Loved': How Sacred Art and Our Lady of Guadalupe Revealed My Worth

In a world filled with fleeting images, one picture of Our Lady became the channel of grace that brought me home to the Church. Our Lady...

Elizabeth Zelasko

Aug 22, 20254 min read

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