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April 11, 2025Spirituality

Golf is not sacred. No one should scatter ashes on St. Andrews or Pebble Beach -- or anywhere for that matter, as the church teaches. A journey to the Masters is not a pilgrimage. Tournaments should be ...

Faith & Family

Bring the Gospel of Hope to the World this Lent!Maureen Crowley Heil

In the Diocese of Chipata, Zambia, the faithful of St. John the Baptist outstation gather midweek to hold a special "Masika" Mass. This Eucharistic celebration is held to give thanks -- 'zikomo' ...

Culture & Events

The honor of caring for our priestsKate Marshall

I have heard it said that "To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors." I think this perfectly encapsulates how I feel about working as a member of the Clergy Trust's Care ...

Faith & Family

JP2, I still miss youJaymie Stuart Wolfe

Twenty years is a long time. But somehow, the death of Pope John Paul II isn't easy for me to place on a timeline. History is elastic when we don't read it in books. The events we remember can ...

Faith & Family

Passion of the ChristScott Hahn

"What is written about Me is coming to fulfillment," Jesus says in today's Gospel (see Luke 22:37). Indeed, we have reached the climax of the liturgical year, the highest peak of salvation history, ...

Faith & Family

Forgive usArchbishop Richard G. Henning

When reading the Bible, it does not take much insight to recognize that there is something within us all, something very selfish and dark -- something that has the potential to destroy us, morally and ...

Faith & Family

Easter and its octaveFather Robert M. O'Grady

Easter Sunday is both the end and the beginning: the end of the Paschal Triduum and the beginning of the great 50 days of the Easter season. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and its celebration are so ...

Faith & Family

The Jubilee of Hope and Holy WeekMsgr. Roger J. Landry

An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Church does over the course of that year. The Jubilee of Hope is, therefore, like a fresh set of wineskins ...

Faith & Family

A helping hand in Ordinary TimeLucia A. Silecchia

It was one of those meandering conversations that old friends have -- with random questions and accidental insights. As happens more frequently of late, we talked more about the ever-accelerating passage ...