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Is Celibacy Better than Marriage?

When I was in college, the leader of a young adult group told me something like, “While the particular vocation a person is called to is the best vocation for them, the priesthood and consecrated vocations are objectively greater.” At the time I was dating or engaged, so I was pretty annoyed by...

Is Celibacy Better than Marriage?

“Father Ed” Wins Christopher Award

In the program’s 74th year, the Christopher Awards have once honored various books, TV shows, and movies. The Christopher Awards celebrate writers, producers, directors, authors, and illustrators whose work ‘affirms the highest values of the human spirit’ and reflects the Christopher motto, ‘It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.’...

“Father Ed” Wins Christopher Award

Francis: The Pope of the Council

Pope Francis is surely one of the most polarizing figures of the 21st century, and perhaps the most controversial pontiff since Blessed Pius IX. It seems that either one loves him or decries him as an enemy of the Catholic way of life. Why? In addressing the question, we need to be mindful...

Francis: The Pope of the Council

Which Pope said this?

“Everything in the Church must be conformed to the requirements of the proclamation of the Gospel; not to the opinions of the conservatives or the progressives, but to the fact that Jesus reaches people’s lives. Therefore, every choice, every usage, every structure, and every tradition is be evaluated on the basis of whether...

Which Pope said this?

What was then-Cardinal Bergoglio’s agenda?

Ten years into the pontificate of Pope Francis, anecdotes and experiences that different people had with him, and analyses about his theology, his pastoral style, and his magisterium are emerging. We transcribe here the thoughts then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio shared with the Schoenstatt Fathers in Buenos Aires two days before his departure to Rome....

What was then-Cardinal Bergoglio’s agenda?

Pope Francis and Children

Pope Francis has had many humorous and poignant interactions with children over the last ten years that demonstrate his pastoral emphasis on dialogue and listening. Here are five of my favorite examples of the Pope’s special consideration for children: His response to the little boy whose father had died Francis was visiting a...

Pope Francis and Children

“Papal Primers”: Amoris Laetitia

Today, we are pleased to announce a new initiative. Pedro Gabriel and Claire Domingues are launching their new Papal Primers Concise Guides. The plan is to create summary guides of the Church’s most relevant and recent documents in a printable format, as an aid for those who may wish to study these documents....

“Papal Primers”: Amoris Laetitia

Communion Resources for Kids and their Catechists

About a dozen years ago, I got into a bit of a dust-up about the Eucharist in the middle of a Lenten prayer group meeting. The readings and reflections for the evening focused on Eucharist and what we believe as Catholics about the Real Presence. As a parish catechist in multiple grades, I...

Communion Resources for Kids and their Catechists

The Bishops and the Madman

Last week, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò — the former apostolic nuncio to the United States — published a new open letter, wherein the fugitive churchman welcomes the founding of the “International Movement of Russophiles.” I do not exaggerate when I describe it as the most astounding and bizarre public document created by this...

The Bishops and the Madman
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