The archbishop of Toronto is given to deprecating himself as “just a simple country cardinal.” In my experience, though, Cardinal Thomas...

Eucharistic Adoration in Christ the King Chapel of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary. (Photo by James Baca/Denver Catholic Register)...

“The Word who found a dwelling in Mary’s womb comes to knock on the heart of every person” at Christmas, Pope St. John Paul II said....

Bethlehem is a word that is often repeated at Christmas time. “And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to...

In October 2001 I had a long conversation with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. It was but weeks after 9/11; a new century and millennium were...

(Image courtesy of Province of Saint Joseph via Flickr ) Professor Anthony Esolen is a bright jewel in the crown of Catholic higher...

“Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come,” Jesus counsels us in the Gospel reading for the First...

Take a stand against the electrification of reading and consider the following, in properly bound form, as gifts for those on your...

If the civil new year is an occasion to resolve to Do Better in the future, the liturgical new year, the real new year that begins at...

There’s no reason for a woman to have an abortion in Colorado, which has been legal for decades. And there’s no reason for anyone to take...

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ in the immigrant Hispanic community: We know that the outcome of the elections this week has raised...

Next month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the film, A Man for All Seasons . And if it’s impossible to imagine such a picture on such a...

Photo by Robert Breuer – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Two weeks before Veterans Day, 88-year old World War II vet Curtis Dagley of...

On May 13, 1917, three children named Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta were grazing their family’s flock of sheep when the Virgin Mary...

Looking for some uplift after this tawdry election cycle? Some inspiration for tackling what lies ahead? A good way to enrich Advent?...

Alfred Emmanuel Smith (1873-1944) served as Governor of New York for four terms and earned the gratitude of all civilized people by...

Annie Oakley told Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun, “anything you can do, I can do better.” According to Pia de Solenni, however, what...

Every year we observe October as Respect Life Month, with the goal of spreading awareness of the importance of protecting life at every...

What does the Lord’s injunction to turn the other cheek in Matthew 5:39 require when it comes to ecumenical dialogue? The question...

For those of us who find it impossible to cast a vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump on November 8, this poem by Artur...