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St. James the Great, Patron of Spain

Hail to the chief of the holy war.

In Illo Tempore: 13th Sunday after Pentecost

For some weeks the Sunday Epistles have been taken from St. Paul’s Letters to th...

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Octave Day of the Assumption)

"What better treasure than the divine love itself, which was burning in the Hear...

Introduction to the Fake Sister Lucy Hypothesis

In January 2006, the notion of a world-wide imposture arose.

Stories that tell the U.S. Catholic story

Fiction can often convey the human texture of a time and place better than schol...

Catholic schools are building for the future

Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of Baltimore are investing in new classr...

Addiction doesn’t have to be the final word

My work taught me that recovery often begins only when accountability and hope e...

Sister Mary Laurentilla Back, S.S.N.D., dies at 93

An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Laurentilla Back wi...

A journey toward Christ and vocation

Leaving Quo Vadis, I felt a calling and a mission. For several years, I had been...

St. Bernard (VI Day of Assumption Octave)

"Now that the Queen repose has won..."

Aesthetics of The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 ...

IV Day in the Octave of the Assumption

Let us rejoice in the ark of the Lord God with all our heart.

Bishop Schneider Speaks on the SSPX

"Today St. Athanasius would be considered a schismatic."

7 Books of the Middle Ages to Inspire Heroism, Chivalry...

"Middle Ages, art was for God’s sake. In the Renaissance, art was for man’s sake."

V Day in the Octave of the Assumption

"We have received from ancient tradition that at the time of the glorious sleep ...

Sacred music must be ‘dignified,’ reflecting the myster...

Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part o...

Why some Catholic schools are going low-tech in the age...

Last year, the parochial school stopped providing digital devices to students, i...

The abnormal abortion

At the end of every March for Life I see them: Dozens of women in front of the U...

Ahead of beatification, the women behind Archbishop She...

For almost two decades, behind Archbishop Sheen's extraordinary reach stood a la...

A blessing on the road

I was surprised. I've never had a car pause there so I could enter that stretch ...