The reason for this is plain. Yet, Hilaire Belloc suggests that Christmas rituals done well are precisely what can make our sufferings more bearable, meaningful, and fruitful. This is a bold claim ...

The path that led him to enter into full communion with the Church at the age of twenty-nine prepared him for his special ministry of preaching and his prolific writings that remain a treasury of ...

In the second century, St. Irenaeus coined one of the most famous phrases in Christianity: “The glory of God is man, fully alive!” “The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo, Public Domain, courtesy of ...

It is just five hundred years since his birth in 1491 at the Castle of Loyola, Spain. Father John A. Hardon, S.J By now a small library has been written about Ignatian spirituality. Literally millions ...

Servant of God Romano Guardini (1885–1968), Italian-born German Catholic priest, author, and academic, authored The Lord, a spiritual classic. He is considered one of the most important figures in ...

Excommunication can be a frightening word. E.x.c.o.m.m.u.n.i.c.a.t.i.o.n. The reality is no less grave. We’ve all seen that arresting scene from the movie Becket, when the titular archbishop ...

On September 10, 1919, General Pershing led his returning troops up Fifth Avenue before crowds numbering two million. In front of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, he dismounted from his rambunctious white ...

Judging by the drastic drop in confessions in countries like the United States, the false opinion is gaining ground that Confession is not to be received, or made, frequently. Father John A. Hardon, S ...

This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking staff, as if taking a momentary pause from an arduous journey. This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking ...

Last night, in parish neighborhoods all over Mexico and the U.S., Christian faithful began begging from house to house looking for a place to stay in imitation and remembrance of the poor Holy Family.

Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947–1984), Polish priest and staunch anti-Communist, associated with Solidarity trade unions and dared openly to celebrate Mass under the ­country’s totalitarian regime. He ...

St. Thomas More is widely known as “a man for all seasons,” but he is best known for the final season of his life. A prominent government official when Henry VIII seized control over the church in ...