One hundred years ago my grandparents’ wedding began an intercontinental and multigenerational adventure in family and faith.
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Much of the recent history of the Catholic Church in the United States can be told in the lives of these two men, who were both ordained Aug. 29, 1970.
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Canadians get two choices for prime minister. With the election of Erin O’Toole, one of them now is a clear-eyed realist on China.
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In his latest ‘testimony,’ the former nuncio holds a position contrary to the Catholic faith on the authority of ecumenical councils.
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The mandate to keep apart is the most unique, and devastating, part of this pandemic. In most crises, it is the coming together which is essential.
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Poland credits the intercession of the Virgin Mary for its 1920 victory over Russia’s communist forces.
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The fact that the 2-year-old girls were not baptized earlier, by someone else, suggests an inexplicable pastoral failure to heed Pope Francis’ stress on the supreme importance of the sacrament.
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The transformation of the Axis powers into Western allies was one of the great political and diplomatic achievements of the 20th century.
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The martyrs of 1945 demonstrate that the killing of Christians is not a utilitarian matter for totalitarians.
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Each year the anniversary invites remembrance of war and a renewed resolve to work for peace.
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The twin national actions of incarceration and abortion have made it more difficult for African-Americans to live free, or live at all.
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Cardinal Tobin’s letter to President Trump, requesting clemency for a convicted murderer, drew attention to a pair of important aspects of the Church’s contemporary consideration of capital punishment.
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The Syro-Malabar calendar reminds the faithful that the ordinary story of salvation remains extraordinary for all time.
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Erdogan's decision to (re)convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque raises a number of important issues.
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Good and evil are so intertwined that sometimes it is hard to recognize which is which.
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A daily dose of the saints is good for the health of a disciple of Christ, to know that he is not alone along the way.
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It’s a question of balance. Is the fame being used to advance the good work? Or is the good work being used to advance the fame?
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Although the 150-year-old document affirmed the definition of papal infallibility, that does not touch the daily life of the Church in the same way as does the affirmation of the universal jurisdiction of the pope.
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