Offering Hospitality to Strangers
Maureen Crowley Heil
After moving eleven times in 42 years, I am no stranger to being a newcomer. Hospitable neighbors are always a plus. Here, we are incredibly blessed. For example, because our latest house needed to be ...
Preparing for the Holy Year of 2025Father Robert M. O’Grady
Anticipating Pope Francis' decree of May 9, 2024, in last week's column, we announced the Holy Year of 2025 with its title Pilgrims of Hope. Before the solemn announcement, the pope and the Holy ...
The 1924 convention of Catholic Students' Mission CrusadeThomas Lester
On May 29, 1924, a gathering of 15,000 Catholic students and hundreds of priests and representatives from nearly every religious order in the Archdiocese of Boston gathered on Boston College's Alumni ...
Begotten by loveScott Hahn
God is love, and He revealed that love in sending His only Son to be a sacrificial offering for our sins. In these words from today's Epistle, we should hear an echo of the story of Abraham's ...
What's going on with the Latin Mass?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: What's going on with the Latin Mass, and why do some priests like to celebrate it while others don't? (Ocean View, DE) A: It's good to keep in mind that priests are human beings who, like the rest ...
Scripture Reflection for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of EasterJem Sullivan
Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Ps 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 1 Jn 4:7-10 Jn 15:9-17 In a digital culture dominated by social media and technological means of communication, the idea of friendship can often be ...
Political decision year aheadRussell Shaw
Evidently timed to coincide with the heating up of the presidential race, a movie called "Civil War" made its debut in theaters across the country in March. It is premised on the fantastic notion of Texas ...
The kingdom of ChristJaymie Stuart Wolfe
Easter is high season for the sacraments. First Communions, Confirmations, weddings, and Ordinations fill our spring calendars. And there's good reason for that. The Resurrection of Jesus signals ...
Pilgrims of hope -- Holy Year of 2025Father Robert M. O’Grady
More than 700 years ago, the first recorded celebration of a Jubilee or Holy Year was proclaimed by the then-Pope Boniface VIII. Over the centuries, ordinary Holy Years have been celebrated every 50 years ...
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Culture & Events
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The 1924 convention of Catholic Students' Mission CrusadeThomas Lester
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Political decision year aheadRussell Shaw
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The example of the Good ShepherdMichael Reardon
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Spring Celebration Gala will honor Cardinal O'MalleyShannon Lyons
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Scripture Reflection for April 28, 2024, Fifth Sunday of EasterDeacon Greg Kandra
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Boston and the nation respond to the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906Thomas Lester
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See you in the storyLaura Kelly Fanucci
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'Dignitas' and the mediaRussell Shaw
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Scripture Reflection for April 14, 2024, Third Sunday of EasterDeacon Greg Kandra
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Faith & Family
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Preparing for the Holy Year of 2025Father Robert M. O’Grady
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Offering Hospitality to StrangersMaureen Crowley Heil
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Begotten by loveScott Hahn
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What's going on with the Latin Mass?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Scripture Reflection for May 5, 2024, Sixth Sunday of EasterJem Sullivan
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The kingdom of ChristJaymie Stuart Wolfe
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Pilgrims of hope -- Holy Year of 2025Father Robert M. O’Grady
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Honor Mothers at Home and In the MissionsMaureen Crowley Heil
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On the vineScott Hahn
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What is the church's position on the treatment of animals?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Spirituality
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No line-drawingMichael Pakaluk
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Physician-assisted suicide is a slippery slopeCardinal Seán P. O’Malley
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He saw the cloths and believedBishop Robert Barron
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God's instrument for viewing the crucifixionMichael Pakaluk
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QuinquagesimaMichael Pakaluk
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Pro-life Christians: Now is the time to shout from the rooftopsBishop Robert Barron
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Seeking an indulgence as an act of faithMichael Pakaluk
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It's not your life, it's not your death, it's not your choiceBishop Robert Barron
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Ivy League presidents and the collapse of moral reasoningBishop Robert Barron
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In honor of MaryMichael Pakaluk
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In Depth
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What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? New documentary takes a lookLizzy Joslyn
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Does God make people gay? A theologian respondsMary Rezac Catholic News Agency
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Why Catholics should beware as high-tech 'deepfake' videos emergeKevin Jones
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Cardinal Caffarra explains the reasons behind the dubiaCatholic News Agency
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