In the Eucharistic sacrifice, where we encounter and receive Jesus Christ, we are conformed to the only way of life worth living and given the grace we need to sustain our efforts in doing so. ...
The sacraments lie at the heart of our Catholic faith, most especially the Eucharist. But do we spend enough time trying to comprehend these sacred mysteries and the limitless ways they can shape our lives?
The ...
None of us is immune to sickness and death. All of us will experience it ourselves, and we experience it in different ways with those around us. It would do all of us well to ...
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, in his widely contested, recent essay in America Magazine, wrote, “The heart of Christian discipleship is a relationship with God the Father, Son and Spirit rooted in ...
The U.S. bishops wrapped up their annual fall assembly in Baltimore today, and with its adjournment came a turnover in conference leadership. Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City was elected secretary; Archbishop William Lori of ...
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, was elected by members of the U.S. conference of bishops at their annual fall plenary assembly to serve as chairman of their committee on canonical affairs and Church governance. ...
Michael Heinlein reminds us that in preparation for the Advent season our entire lives should be spent preparing to be found “worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom.” “Like John the Baptist, we are also called ...
As many would likely tell you themselves, bishops in the United States have been called a lot of names, with Most Reverend and Your Excellency making up only part of the list. But there’s one ...
Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend has approved the opening of the canonization cause of Holy Cross Brother Columba O’Neill, a Pennsylvania native born in 1848. Brother O’Neill was a cobbler ...
From the first glimpses the world had of him from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica following his election to the papacy on August 28, 1978, Pope John Paul I charmed the world. He ...