Regarding prayer, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton said it best when she said: “We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment...

The Divine Mercy Image. (Photo: Public Domain) By Jimmy Akin/National Catholic Register Divine Mercy Sunday is a recent addition to the...

(Photo: Reme Hernandez / Cathopic) By Jeannie Ewing Contributing Writer I bowed my head in the confessional. Then, the sobbing: “Father,...

( Courtesy of Palace of the Governors, N.M. state archives) By Kevin J. Jones/Catholic News Agency Sister Blandina Segale was an Italian...

“So, whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.” (2 Cor. 5:17) The Church...

When we began this season of Lent, I invited the faithful in the Archdiocese to reflect upon the great importance of forgiveness in our...

(Photo by Josh Applegate / Unsplash) By Zelda Caldwell/CNA A local Connecticut television station is reporting that the Archdiocese of...

The Annunciation, Botticelli, 1485–92. Mary’s example of faith echoes through the centuries for Christians, showing us a perfect example...

Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Walk of St. Joseph and the Child of Christ. By Joseph Pronechen/National Catholic Register As the Solemnity of...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) We could all use a little more mercy in our lives, and it can start with us being more merciful to ourselves and...

From Eden to the Promised Land The Crucifixion, Fra Angelico, ca. 1440. (http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435577) People...

(Photo: Lightstock) The capital or deadly sins were not named for being unforgivable or because of their gravity, but because they are...

(Photo via Wikicommons/Photo by jeffreyw via Flickrby CC by 2.0) By CNA Staff This year St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday. For those...

(Photo: Gerardo Juarez / Cathopic) By Patrick Howard Unleash the Gospel Taking just 15 minutes a day, the Examen prayer will transform...

Photo by Shalone Cason via Unsplash “But I’m a good person!” Or so goes one of a myriad of common excuses for why someone doesn’t need to...

When it comes to the mercy of God, is there any greater encounter we have with that today than in the confessional? In fact, St. Thomas...

“At the judgment, the people of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah,...

We’ve all seen it; someone walks into a restaurant, or a bank, or the grocery store with a smudge of ashes in the shape of a cross on his...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) St. Dominic Catholic Church in Denver, in collaboration with the Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus in Chicago, Illinois,...

Ashes — the refuse that remains when fire has consumed something — remind us of the humble dust from which we were made and our place...