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(Photo: Adobe Stock) St. Augustine said, when he was bishop of Hippo, “Change the heart and the work will be changed.” I have found out...

(Photo: Ingfbruno, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0) To my mind, the most cringe-inducing moment in the drama of Claudine Gay and her resignation...

Well, it’s January. January is the month, a few years back, when something happened to my family and me (a story for another time) that...

I began the New Year with another move. My wife, Anne, and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this past year. During this time, we...

In the apostolic letter Ad Theologiam Promovendam (To Promote Theology), issued by Pope Francis on Nov. 1, 2023, the Church was urged to...

One hesitates to begin the civil new year on a critical note, when hopes of a brighter future run high. But when reality is being...

Detail from the cover of The Habsburg Way: 7 Rules for Turbulent Times by Eduard Habsburg. (Design by Jess LaGreca, Mayfly Design)...

John Carroll (1735-1815) was the first Catholic bishop, not just in , but of the United States, for during the first 18 years of his...

Photo by Erica Marsland Huynh on Unsplash You know how they say the first Christmas after the death of a loved one is the hardest? Well,...

Composed in the wake of 9/11, “The Dream Isaiah Saw” quickly became a contemporary Christmas classic. The hymn’s powerful evocation of...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) We are living in an apostolic age where increasingly more people are rejecting the tenets of Catholicism and the...

(Photo: Adobe Stock, edited) Human beings get hungry. It’s part of our biological nature. But, as spiritual beings, we also feel a higher...