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How Modernism Forgets the Bigger Picture: Seeing Facts,...

As referred to in my last article, it is of utmost importance to cultivate an un...

From Pilgrim to Pilgrim: How Our Lady of Champion Shrin...

On a crisp first Saturday in May, Jody, and John Kuiken arrive at the National S...

Healing the Outsiders: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary...

This Sunday, we meet a Samaritan leper—an outsider among outsiders.  What can he...

Evil Is Not the Opposite of Good, It Is the Opposite of...

Our common-sense moral imagination often assumes that there are two opposite for...

Confession to a Priest and the 28th Sunday in Ordinary ...

To the modern ear, the idea of confessing one’s sins aloud to a priest may sound...

The Origin of Faith and the Purpose of Doubt

In today’s “digital-globalized world,” certainty on any subject is increasingly ...

Tending to Our Catholic Faith Amidst Worldly Distractions

Who has time for all of life’s duties amidst the distractions? How is one to gro...

Suicidal Despair and the Salvific Grace of Christian Hope

His name was Matias, meaning “gift of God” or “gift of the Lord.” He was 17 year...

The Rosary: The Ark of Encounter

In the Church’s extensive offering of private devotions, none claims more miracu...

How and Why Do We Become Corrupt?

A prelate gave a homily some weeks ago about widespread corruption in the govern...

The Importance of Learning About Angels

In his book Angels and Demons, Fr. Serge-Thomas Bonino, OP, discusses how modern...

Avery Lane: Mexico’s Child Martyr Inspires Bravery and ...

Overview 14-year-old Jose Sanchez del Rio was one of the heroes of the Cristeros...

Faith Is About God, Not Us: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Or...

This Sunday, the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith.  More faith sounds ...

St. Francis of Assisi and Cutting Ties with One’s Family

Much like St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis of Assisi lived a life of worldlin...

How the Canon of Scripture Can Help Atheists Convert to...

A lawyer’s start Years ago, I almost died from cancer and a massive, nearly-simu...

Triumph of the Heart: A Soul-Reviving Retreat in the Da...

There are films you watch, and when the credits roll, you simply resume where yo...

Can Pope Leo Bridge the Divide Between Social Justice a...

Bishop Robert Barron was delighted when he learned the name of our new pope, Leo...

St. Thérèse of Lisieux: An Intercessor for Priests

St. Thérèse of Lisieux, whose feast day is October 1st, was very dedicated to pr...

The Twofold Secret of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

Thérèse Martin desired to be like a tiny grain of sand, hidden and unknown. In h...

Our Spiritual Warrior: The History and Suppression of M...

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle…  On October 13, 1884, at the end...