Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller writes how Catholic colleges and universities have welcomed Muslim students with hospitality. “I think it starts with respecting and showing kindness to everyone regardless of religious background,” student Lisan Hasnain of India said. Christian students are welcome to learn
We celebrate this Fourth Sunday of Lent because we have seen the sign of love: the glory of the Crucified One, the cross, the wood of our salvation.
Women facing infertility are urged to remember they are not alone. Catholic women, through their experiences and support ministries, highlight the importance of community, faith, and recognizing one’s inherent value and potential for life-giving contributions beyond biological motherhood. They advocate for embracing
Dorothy Day's principal lasting influence on American Catholicism may have been to show a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism. In 2023, Pope Francis wrote the foreword to a new edition of Day's 1938 memoir about her conversion to Catholicism, "From Union Square
The Sixth Last Word: "It is finished." (Jn 19:30)
"I cannot understand," says Blessed Carlo Acutis, "why many people are so concerned with the beauty of their bodies rather than spending time on the beauty of their souls." The Italian teenager, a millennial, is widely known for his deep devotion to
We are in Lent and rapidly approaching Easter Sunday. Appropriately, this installment on creating a rosary garden for your home or parish focuses on the Sorrowful Mysteries.
These powerful mysteries provide the opportunity to meditate on events leading up to Christ's death, and
Renowned Bible scholar Scott Hahn encourages Catholics to overcome their fear of delving into God’s word on their own. Every week, Catholics hear Scripture at Mass, leading many to believe that they do not need to read the Bible at home, Hahn
In word and deed, Pope Francis continues to encourage Catholics to reach out to the poor and not succumb to a consumerist mentality where what we have is deemed more important than who we are. The season of Lent provides a special
The Fifth Last Word: "I thirst." (Jn 19:28)
Pope Paul VI died on the feast of the Transfiguration, August 6, 1978. In the Angelus address that he had planned to deliver that afternoon, he had written, "The Transfiguration of the Lord, recalled by the liturgy of today's solemnity, throws a