Michael R. Heinlein is editor of OSV's Simply Catholic and author of "Glorifying Christ: The Life of Cardinal Francis E. George, O.M.I."
The Church has been richly blessed with a variety of charisms and spiritualities. These unique paths for living the Christian vocation are the fruit of much prayer and discernment, often concrete responses to the signs of the times, and often have heroic
It was during a session for priests at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July when Archbishop Richard G. Henning, who will be installed as archbishop of Boston Oct. 31, made peace with what was to come.
"God finally broke me,
It’s been 350 years since the creation of the first diocese in North America north of Mexico. The Archdiocese of Quebec, established in 1674, originally had within its boundaries most of the territory now in the United States. The see city, founded
Here are 9 Parisian saints to accompany Catholics during the Olympics and the reopening of Notre Dame.
More than 15 million visitors are expected to descend upon the city of Paris this summer for the 2024 Olympics. The French capital will serve as the stage for over 300 events in 32 sports -- including, for the first time, breakdancing
Spiritual Communion is a devotion for those who are unable, for whatever reason, to receive sacramental holy Communion at a given time or in specific situations. The church offers no prescribed ritual or formula to make an act of spiritual Communion, but
Change looms on the horizon for the American hierarchy. And the anticipation continues to build as the appointment of Latin Church bishops in the United States has seriously stalled out over the last year or so.
With Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki turning
The church now has an opportunity to take action to ensure that other parishes don’t suffer the fate of St. Patrick's. Now is the time for parishes to realize more fully the wisdom of the church's funeral rites -- to see our
At Christmas, let us pray that we can be found like the shepherds. May our encounters with the eucharistic Lord, the same as the encounters as the shepherds with the babe in the manger, cause others to ask, as inquired of the
Legendary Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell readily admits that he doesn't write many songs. But two that he has written came to him almost as inspired works when he was on pilgrimage in 2002.
"When I went to Medjugorje, I didn't intend to write