Soccer, known as football to the rest of the world, has faced a chequered history in the United States. While it thrives at the grassroots level, it has struggled to gain the same social and commercial prominence as America's major sports leagues.
Always coinciding with the onset of Spring, and often with Easter, baseball is the sport that uniquely contributes to a sense of rejuvenation and optimistic expectation. Its slower pace and long season also make it more suited than other sports to philosophical
The Resurrection is the most real event in human history. Christ’s bodily resurrection is bedrock reality, both of spirit and of matter. On this rock all other Christian beliefs, visions and practices are built. In reference to it alone do they retain
"Love Means More," a new teaching initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has a statement of purpose, a website and a promise to keep building the website to provide answers on a wide variety of questions about Catholic teaching on
A new study offers a more nuanced take on the nation's religiously unaffiliated, and the findings show that Catholic parishes need to become more "outward facing" to reach those beyond the pews, an evangelization expert said.
"Religious 'Nones' in America: Who They Are
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the debate surrounding the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith's declaration on the possibility of blessing gay couples shows that deeper reflection is still needed.
At the same time, he said, the reaction is
Despite what some headlines pronounced, Fiducia supplicans does not change Church teaching. However, it marks a shift in the Church’s pastoral approach to persons in irregular relationships, including those in same-sex unions. The Our Sunday Visitor editorial board welcomes the declaration while
What would you do if you saw a fellow Catholic walk over to a holy water font, pull out a squirt gun, fill it up with holy water, and begin shooting others with it? It might seem like an absurd question, but
Did Pope Francis change Catholic teaching on gay marriage? The short answer is no, writes Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor. Despite the number of headlines and photos you’re seeing all across the media, Catholic teaching understands now and always
A Catholic priest can bless a gay or other unmarried couple as long as it is not a formal liturgical blessing and does not give the impression that the Catholic Church is blessing the union as if it were a marriage, the