Vatican’s new norms will make it easier to decide on Medjugorje, says Cardinal Fernández ...

In 60 Minutes interview, Pope Francis says his ‘conservative critics’ are ‘closed up inside a dogmatic box’ with a ‘suicidal attitude’...

Full Text: Harrison Butker’s Commencement Address at Benedictine College...

Changing How Our Children Do Dating...
John Cuddeback
How our young people date is problematic; and I’m not talking about the mainstream habits of a ‘hookup culture.’ I mean young people from families with traditional values, where preparing for marriage and waiting for marriage are implicit, accepted goods. It is not surprising that we have a problem...

Which ‘spirituality’ is for you? Here’s a good place to start...
Jeff Mirus
One of the confusing things about spiritual growth is how to figure out exactly what particular approaches or procedures we ought to follow to foster that growth. We may come across various particular devotions or spiritual exercises, some of which may...

The Carrington Lights, the News, and Kendrick the Intercessor?
J.D. Flynn
I hope a lot of you enjoyed seeing the aurora borealis over the weekend, if the phenomenon could be seen where you live. Here in Colorado, we’ve had a lot of cloud cover for the past few nights, and despite the solar storm that put them in reach for much of the country, the Northern Lights were never going to be especially visible from here anyhow.

What did St. Athanasius mean when he said, ‘God became man so that man might become God?’...
Matthew Tsakanikas
Athanasius is the one who almost single-handedly saved Christianity from abandoning the Apostolic understanding of the Trinity when Arius tried to sway bishops away from following the Council of Nicaea. The Athanasian kerygma (key proclamation of the Gospel) is a powerful statement that restores the real mystery of Christianity, a mystery that must be lived to be understood. But can he be trusted on this topic of divinization?

Pro-Life Activist Lauren Handy Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison Under FACE Act...

A Lesson in Kenosis from the Solar Eclipse...
Fr. Damian Ference
The Feast of the Annunciation and the solar eclipse happened on the same day this year, April 8, and it was one of the most memorable days of my life. Part of the reason for me writing this essay is to get all my thoughts out, because I can’t stop thinking about it, and I can’t stop talking about it. Even when I haven’t planned to do so, I wind up mentioning the eclipse in homilies...

Scrupulosity: When Piety Becomes an Affliction...

Crime novelist Agatha Christie is often seen as stodgy, but did you know she became a surfing pioneer in her 30s?

Pope Meets Head of Divided Syro-Malabar Church, Tells Kerala’s Faithful: ‘Unity Is a Duty’...

What is love? Love is to will the good of the other. But what does that mean?

Beethoven, Garth Brooks and Tom Brady Converge at the Vatican...

Archbishop Fulton Sheen traced abortion and today’s moral chaos to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was right. Here’s why...

Being a pilgrim is not easy, as Dorothy Day shows...
David Mills
We once had a pastor who often, almost in every homily, described the Christian life as a “journey.” The word’s a good go-to image for the Christian life, but it’s not the best one. The Christian life isn’t just a journey, though, it’s a particular type of journey. By itself, the image says that you’re moving but not where you’re going and why...

Wise men listen when hypocrites speak. We’re all at least slightly hypocritical, but Christ still calls us to speak of his mercies...
David Deavel
“I have a question,” my student said ominously as he sat in the chair in my office. I braced internally and probably externally—my heart is worn on my whole demeanor. When he asked it, I was relieved: “How can I be a theology major and keep sinning?” You can’t go for long in Christian life without discovering what St. John Henry Newman meant when he said, “To know is one thing, to do is another; the two things are altogether distinct.”

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