Popular processions and pilgrimages are among the most beautiful Catholic practices all over the United States and the world. (I…

Years ago, I was watching some late-night television talk show (why I would do such a thing,  lying down, unless…

People often ask me: What can I do about the current state of the Church and the world? The question…

Who was she really? Can we even agree on what to call her? Is she Mary Magdalene or Mary Magdalen;…

I’ve been re-reading St. Augustine’s City of God lately, both for the TCT course I’m teaching this Fall but also…

Earlier this week, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, who heads the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities noted that in a recent…

Our reading today is from the Book of Benedict XVI (A Life: Volume Two), in which he recounts to biographer…

My wife and I were in New Orleans recently, a Thursday to Monday trip that included two parties in celebration…

Many people have been puzzled by the Synod on Synodality – the “walking together” that seems to have some figures…

In 410 A.D., the Visigoths invaded and sacked Rome, causing great destruction and widespread loss of life. Foreign armies had…