On Good Friday, as on that Friday morning in Trèbes, the hostages are freed, not by overwhelming power, but because there is One to take their place.
Read MoreTrudeau's summer jobs 'attestation' is certainly illegal, but even worse, it reflects the view that the churches are like Judas, content to be bought off
Read MoreArnaud Beltrame's heroic sacrifice has spiritual roots in the Abbey of Lagrasse, whose canons learned to love and prepared for death at the bedside of their silent brother.
Read MoreIn Kingston, Cardinal Sarah invited us to think about the connection between friendship with Christ and obeying His commands.
Read MoreHoly Saturday is the Church's own 'black hole' before the glory of Easter.
Read MoreMsgr. Viganò’s crude manipulation of a letter by Benedict XVI captured four troubling aspects of the current pontificate.
Read MoreCardinal Sarah has led one of the great Christian lives of our time. Yet the lasting impression on those who encounter him is not so much his biography or his message, but his capacity to lead people in prayer.
Read MoreIt is an elementary part of the philosophy of science that there are limits to what physics can tell us, that there are questions "beyond" physics.
Read MoreOne of Pope Francis' greatest strengths has been his affirmation of the Church's closeness to the poor and afflicted of Rome and the world.
Read MoreSaint-to-be Romero links the many Christian martyrs of the 20th century to the courageous martyr-bishops of centuries past.
Read MoreSurprises are frequent with Pope Francis, champion of the world's poor and Germany's wealthy bishops, promoter of both the peripheries and the Secretariat of State.
Read MoreThe freedom to scream and shout and curse and crash is a certain kind of freedom, but it is a freedom without purpose.
Read MoreWe need to re-examine our default habit of inviting to Catholic events those who seek to drive Catholics to the margins of our common life.
Read MoreClerical dress – for himself and for others – is not the most important decision Francis has made. But it was the first one.
Read MoreConfusion will arise because what Cardinal Wuerl teaches — and what the Alberta bishops have taught — is not the same as what has been taught in Germany or Malta or Buenos Aires.
Read MoreThe world promises us comfort, but we were not made for comfort. Jordan Peterson echoes poets and popes when he calls his audiences to strive for heroism and nobility of heart.
Read MoreIn not accepting the Barros resignation earlier, Pope Francis may have boxed himself into further resignations now.
Read MoreIf the mayor of Jerusalem cannot distinguish the identity and mission of the Mamilla Hotel from a pilgrim guest house, he fails to understand a constitutive part of the history of his own city.
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