Faith & Spirituality

Q&A: Two new children’s books help kids better understand Lent and the Real Presence

When it comes to explaining concepts like Lent and the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist to kids, the below reactions are likely to...

Pray the March 25 Consecration for Russia and Ukraine with Archbishop Aquila

On Friday, March 25, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila will join Pope Francis in praying the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of...

The missional gift of the Feminine Genius

(Photo: Josh Applegate / Unsplash) In 1639, Ursuline sisters bravely crossed the Atlantic Ocean to become the first religious women to...

Think like an apostle: Week 4 of the Apostolic Mindset Lenten Challenge

Like the apostles before us, the Church is called to be bold in this apostolic age. To do this, we must start thinking like the apostles...

On Solitude and Friendship

(Photo: Benjamin Davies / Unsplash) At 1:30 in the morning on April 4, 2013, Christopher Thomas Knight was arrested for burglary in a...

The ‘Why’ behind every other ‘Why’

Are you convicted of the primacy of the power of the gospel? By Mallory Smyth Catholic Speaker and Writer Start with the Why Why do some organizations inspire great and lasting change worldwide and others don’t? This is the question that Simon Sinek, a well-known business thought leader, posed at the beginning of his world-famous Ted Talk, “Start with the Why.” Why is it that a computer company like Apple can crush competition year after year and innovate at record-shattering speeds when they...

Hold up the Cross in costly imitation of Christ

By Edward Sri Senior Vice President for Apostolic Outreach at FOCUS When Jesus cast the vision for what it means to be a disciple, he used the most startling image: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me” (Mt 16:24). That’s crazy! Of all the symbols for discipleship Jesus could have used, why the Cross? The image would have been utterly abhorrent to his original listeners. Though we today might be accustomed to seeing crosses in our churches,...

Partial indulgence for Mother Cabrini’s 75th canonization anniversary elevated to plenary indulgence

(Photo: Denver Catholic file photo) In November of last year, Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila issued a decree granting a partial indulgence...

Join the 25th World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life on Feb. 2

The Serra Club of Denver hosts Religious Sisters Appreciation Day at Church of the Risen Christ (Denver) on Saturday April 23, 2016...

How to bless your home on the Feast of Epiphany

The Adoration of the Magi, Edward Burne-Jones, 1904. By Francesca Pollio/Catholic News Agency Have you ever gone past a door with what...

The Nativity through St. Joseph’s eyes

(Photo: Lightstock) We all have particularly poignant moments in our lives that we’ll never forget. The “look” of it, “sound” of it and...

Why should Christmas transform us?

Christmas is a powerful time. The story of the God who became man and came into the world may seem too familiar to us. And yet, if we let...