Scripture Reflection for Jan. 18, 2026, Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34 If you need help spotting Christ, you can always count on John the Baptist. "Behold, the Lamb of God!," he cried out when he saw Jesus. ...
The grandparent shortageGreg Erlandson
There's been a lot written about falling birth rates in the United States. Less covered has been the simultaneous decline in grandparenthood. Grandparents, to hear friends tell it, are an endangered ...
Cardinal O'Connell leads a pilgrimage to Rome for the 1925 JubileeSavannah Miller
On May 29, 1924, Pope Pius XI proclaimed the Jubilee Year of 1925 through the Papal Bull "Infinita Dei misericordia." The Jubilee Year would be dedicated to fostering peace and promoting Christian missions ...
A call for peaceMichael R. Heinlein
Pope Leo XIV's new message for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace, released Dec. 18, offers a great deal of food for thought. Building on the theme of peace that has been a main message of his pontificate ...
Scripture Reflection for Jan. 4, 2026, Epiphany of the LordDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 60:1-6 Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12 This Epiphany Sunday, the star of the Gospel is -- literally -- the star. Here is the original GPS device, guiding the magi from ...
A little perspective at ChristmasMichael Reardon
Five hundred and fifty words. This is the minimum required to fill this section of The Pilot, which was due three days ago. My brain has been spinning. The stress of year-end and the fear of letting down ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 21, 2025, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
Is 7:10-14 Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 It sounds so simple. This Sunday, we hear St. Matthew's account of the events leading up to Christ's birth and it begins with an almost matter-of-fact ...
Archives launches cathedral virtual 3-D tour to mark 150th anniversaryRebecca Maitland
On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1875, at 10 a.m., years of yearning finally came to fruition. That day, after nine years of construction and 15 years without a Mother Church, Archbishop John J. Williams presided ...
Embryo adoption: An open question?Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk
When it comes to the plight of the hundreds of thousands of IVF embryos frozen in the U.S. and elsewhere, it is often claimed that the Catholic Church has never definitively addressed the liceity, or ...
A steady light: Pope Leo XIV's top five moments of 2025Elizabeth Scalia
"Lebanon needed this embrace." The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image of Pope Leo XIV consoling a weeping Lebanese woman. I couldn't help ...
