The Sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes challenge us all. When Jesus calls blessed the poor in spirit and …
The CIA and the Rosary Priest: Venerable Patrick Peyton, CSC
There was a time when Fr. Patrick Peyton was a household name. It was a time when he regularly spoke …
Embrace Rituals
Take Comfort in Ritual. It was written in block font on the Starbucks window, and I did a double-take. Embrace …
Underway: Trial of pro-life activist charged with violating federal FACE Act
By Julie Asher (OSV News) — A Catholic pro-life advocate is on trial for allegedly violating a federal law that …
Cast Off the Weight of Sin
I have been thinking a great deal about my experience at Reconciliation a few weekends ago. I felt an intense …
Walker Percy: Faith and Science in the Ruins
In his masterpiece Introduction to Christianity, Joseph Ratzinger boldly ventured to identify the place at which contemporary human beings, at …
Pope, bishops call for peace as violent protests in Peru turn deadly
By Junno Arocho Esteves (OSV News) — Peru’s bishops pleaded for peace as violent protests against the country’s current president …
Man at Prayer
This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Alan Altany. Man at Prayer As the new dawn’s sunlightbecame …
Papa Francisco: La palabra de Dios, la misericordia debe ser compartida con todos
Por Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — La Palabra de Dios, que sana y levanta a las …
The Divine Project: Creation and Reason
In setting out to establish some standards for interpreting the creation account, and for a theological approach to interpreting Scripture …