In an era when anyone can order a book from their smartphone and have it on their doorstep within a day or two, Catholic bookstore owners like Cecilia Balog have to make do with lower sales. “That’s what we call the
Witness to Love, a Catholic marriage preparation and renewal ministry, is launching a new program to prepare civilly married couples to enter into sacramental marriages in the Catholic Church. Mary-Rose Verret, who co-founded Witness to Love with her husband, Ryan, said
If it were up to many frustrated Catholics who follow the news, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York already would be excommunicated. Several Catholic commentators, including some bishops, have said the Democratic governor should have received that serious penalty for fully backing
These days, Father John Hollowell sits at his desk and pores over financial statements, trying to figure out how to cut almost 25 percent of his two Indiana parishes’ operating budgets for next year. “McCarrick and friends are coming home to roost
When my wife was pregnant with our daughter, Hope, fatherhood was still somewhat of an abstraction for me. Infant clothes, onesies, diapers and baby furniture began filling the room that would become a nursery, but I was still pretty oblivious to what
Writing a new pastoral letter will not end racism in the United States, but Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, hopes it can be a step in that direction. “The pastoral letter was an effort of the bishops to add
Immigration, in normal political circumstances, polarizes the electorate and generates more heat than light in the national media. But, in the early weeks of 2019, the immigration issue has literally shut down the United States government. As of early January, President Donald
In theory, an artificial womb could help save the lives of premature babies and even give some frozen embryos the opportunity to be born while changing the contours of the nation’s abortion debate. But as with anything else, the emerging medical technology
Two years ago, Sister Susan Francois, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, had a few handsful of followers on Twitter, and no trolls. But since national secular media publications began picking up on the story that Sister Francois,
A couple of years ago, Pope Francis joked that maybe he wouldn’t be around in 2019, since octogenarians like himself “are about to pass away.” But as the calendar turns the page and the sixth anniversary of his pontificate approaches, the 82-year-old