Queried about the Holy See’s less-than-vigorous response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, senior Vatican officials are given to saying...

At an inch or so over five feet and weighing, I would guess, something on the underside of 100 pounds, Sister Winnie, a soft spoken...

From this vale of tears, one can never be sure about the boundaries of acceptable behavior at the Throne of Grace. Is laughter at earthly...

(Photo provided) The medieval Christian emperor Charlemagne once said, “To have another language is to possess a second soul.” For most...

Young man cross the street at a crosswalk (Photo: Freepik) Father Randy Dollins (Photo: Denver Catholic File Photo) In the past couple of...

I heard a Christian speaker talking about needing to avoid certain movies and TV shows. Is it really a big deal what kind of...

“The family is being hit, the family is being struck and the family is being bastardized.” These words come from Pope Francis, who spoke...

Just last week, I had the privilege of spending four hours in the Sistine Chapel with my Word on Fire team. Toward the end of our...

Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’ (Praise be), was predictably covered in the press as an endorsement of climate...

The great evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said, “When we surrender to God, we get ourselves back ennobled and enriched” ( The...

More than 20 years ago, Dr. David Eddy, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association , described how his mother, though not...

This is a common scenario we see in our marriage coaching: the husband travels each week for his job while the wife is responsible for...

This column is adapted from a May 19 address that Archbishop Aquila delivered to catechists at the Leadership Appreciation Breakfast....

When we celebrate Pentecost this year, something will happen that people have been talking about since I was appointed Archbishop of...

“Without priests the Church would not be able to live that fundamental obedience which is at the very heart of her existence and her...

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I would like to give thanks for mothers—to pay tribute to the many ways they teach us about God...

Anything worth doing requires risk. When Fathers Joseph Machebeuf and John Raverdy set out in 1860 for Colorado from Santa Fe, New Mexico...

Seven years ago, I was having the worst thoughts about the one I was supposed to love the most, Matt. We were headed for a weekend away...

“Wolf Hall,” the BBC adaptation of Hillary Mantel’s novel about early Tudor England, began airing on PBS ’s “Masterpiece Theater” Easter...

When Christ rose from the dead and appeared to the disciples in his glorified body, he still had his wounds. In John’s Gospel we hear...