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More than a sexual abuse crisis — it’s a mis-use crisis
LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12: Demonstrators participate in the #MeToo Su rvivors' March in response to several high-profile sexual...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Dec 20, 20173 min read


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

George Weigel
Dec 19, 20173 min read


God’s gift of peace in uncertainty
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...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 19, 20173 min read


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

Father Scott Bailey
Dec 19, 20173 min read


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

Jared Staudt
Dec 14, 20173 min read


Books for Christmas
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...

George Weigel
Dec 12, 20173 min read


Children in Mass are gifts, not distractions
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 13: The Consecration of the Archdiocese of Denver to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Cathedral Basilica of the...

Aaron Lambert
Dec 11, 20173 min read


A meditation on “Maranatha”
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...

George Weigel
Dec 6, 20173 min read


Ending harassment requires more than laws
The ongoing wave of disclosures of sexual harassment across our country shows that while policies and laws are helpful, they do not solve...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Dec 5, 20174 min read


What’s changed since <em>Humanae Vitae</em>?
Throughout this academic year, Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University is hosting a series of lectures, billed as the “first...

George Weigel
Nov 28, 20173 min read


A museum for which to be thankful
On September 29, 1952, the publication of the complete Revised Standard Version of the Bible was celebrated at the National Guard Armory...

George Weigel
Nov 22, 20173 min read


That which you most desire
(Photo: Pexels) In our Catholic tradition, we esteem the saints of heaven and ask them to help us with their prayers. But along with the...

Bishop Jorge Rodriguez
Nov 21, 20173 min read


Recovering a sense of celebration
With the seemingly ever-increasing number of days dedicated to celebrating various causes or events, the Church presents us with the...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 20, 20173 min read


Doping Athletes
Image by Justin Smith from UK – Maria Sharapova – Wimbledon 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7737952...
Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Nov 16, 20173 min read


As the Bard might say….
Four centuries after his death, Shakespeare remains a peerless playwright because of his remarkable insight into the human condition....

George Weigel
Nov 14, 20173 min read


When Heaven prays back
By the time you read this, All Saints Day will have come and gone. But, just to extend the feast a few more days, I want to share the...

Mary Beth Bonacci
Nov 10, 20173 min read


The Ethics of New Age Medicine
(Photos: Pexels) Patients who face serious illnesses are sometimes attracted to alternative medicines, also referred to as “holistic” or...
Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
Nov 9, 20173 min read


“You have to decide.”
In writing Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with St. John Paul II , one of my secondary intentions was to bury two urban legends: that...

George Weigel
Nov 8, 20173 min read


Saintly inspiration for new beginnings
(Photo by James Baca/Denver Catholic Register) It’s not that often that bishops are able to announce the kind of good news I am about to...

Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila
Nov 7, 20174 min read


Murderers’ Row, Soviet-style
One hundred years ago, on November 7, 1917, Lenin and his Bolshevik Party expropriated the chaotic Russian people’s revolution that had...

George Weigel
Oct 31, 20173 min read
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