Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and words
Cecilia Hadley
In the beginning were the words. J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth -- the world of "The Lord of the Rings" and now the new animated film "The War of the Rohirrim" -- was born, first and foremost, from ...
The Christmas crecheFather Robert M. O'Grady
Christmas traditions abound -- around the globe, in various nations, among various peoples, and even in neighborhoods and families. Here are a few. From Italy, we have La Befana, the Christmas Witch, ...
Feeling like ChristmasJaymie Stuart Wolfe
With highs in the 60s and 70s (and lows staying above 40), it doesn't exactly "feel" like Christmas in southern Louisiana, at least not for anybody who was raised well north of the Mason-Dixon Line. ...
Parish priests and their peopleMsgr. Frank Kelley
''Hello, Father, are you a Jesuit?" The parish priest's unspoken response to this question is "No, but I am literate." The parish priest is the ordinary version of a Catholic priest. Very ...
Give a Christmas Gift to the MissionsMaureen Crowley Heil
As Christmas draws near, we take time to reflect on God's many blessings -- including those of friends like you whose kindness and compassion supports the Church's missionary work in the poorest ...
Be the carolArchbishop Richard G. Henning
More than 20 years ago, I found myself in the pediatric outpatient clinic of a hospital two days before Christmas. The youngest member of my family was there for chemotherapy. At two years of age, he ...
A mother's greetingScott Hahn
On this last Sunday before Christmas, the Church's Liturgy reveals the true identity of our Redeemer: He is, as today's First Reading says, the "ruler . . . Whose origin is from . . . Ancient ...
Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
Mi 5:1-4a Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19 Heb 10:5-10 Lk 1:39-45 Ironically, as our Advent journey is drawing to a close, another journey is beginning. It's right there in the first three words of this ...
Beauty comes to Ordinary TimeLucia A. Silecchia
It happens every year. I am an overly avid collector of Christmas tree ornaments. All year, they stay stashed away on shelves in the closet, crammed in storage boxes in the garage, and tucked away ...
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Culture & Events
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Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and wordsCecilia Hadley
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Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
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Getting adult children to Christmas MassGreg Erlandson
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The work of redemptionEileen McLaughlin
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Intern reflectionsEmily Greco and James Kaeser
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We are naked before the strange humility of GodElizabeth Scalia
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Following Christ as content creatorsSister Hosea Rupprecht, FSP
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Family and friends, the 2024 election and ThanksgivingElizabeth Scalia
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Cardinal O'Connell's 1909 Thanksgiving Day addressThomas Lester
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Faith & Family
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The Christmas crecheFather Robert M. O'Grady
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Feeling like ChristmasJaymie Stuart Wolfe
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Parish priests and their peopleMsgr. Frank Kelley
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Be the carolArchbishop Richard G. Henning
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Give a Christmas Gift to the MissionsMaureen Crowley Heil
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A mother's greetingScott Hahn
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Could Jesus sin? If not, was he truly human and free?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Beauty comes to Ordinary TimeLucia A. Silecchia
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AdventFather Robert M. O'Grady
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Rejoice always!Archbishop Richard Henning
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Spirituality
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The 'Catena Aurea': Read the Gospel this Advent with St. Thomas AquinasMichael Pakaluk
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Focus on GodEffie Caldarola
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Some thoughts upon returning from the second session of the synodBishop Robert Barron
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The actual great transformationMichael Pakaluk
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Reunions in graveyardsEffie Caldarola
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Newman and the start of the academic yearMichael Pakaluk
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Deer in the dusky eveningEffie Caldarola
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Underground RailroadEffie Caldarola
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Demographic decline as caused by 'procreation'Michael Pakaluk
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Visiting the dying, a distinct work of mercyMichael 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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