In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI, preaching at at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, called for a new Pentecost. In this column, Our sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez examines her relationship to the Holy Spirit and recounts how her quest to
This weekend, the Church celebrates the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, and we (finally) have passed the halfway point of this extended (and interrupted) liturgical season.
In mid-July, on the sixth anniversary of his pastoral visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa — one of the main entry points to Europe for refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa — Pope Francis said in his homily
You know those summer days when the only word for the sunlight is brilliant? That is how I would describe the morning of Saturday, July 13. All of creation seemed to be reverencing the life of Jim Rutherford on the day of
Married couple practice the virtue of chastity when they are exclusively devoted to one another and open to life
Christ does not scold Martha for being hospitable, but for lacking contemplative hospitality
My husband and I are really enjoying our time with the newest members of our extended family: identical twins Lilliana and Francesca. They’re going on 3 years old, and it takes a lot of resolve — since they’re so adorable and so
Humans are creatures of habit, so repeating past experiences can be exciting with fresh eyes
When I moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, to start my job at Our Sunday Visitor, I was truly taking a leap of faith. It wasn’t the job that made me nervous; it was the big unknown: How would I find a community?
Question: A priest told us that if we approve of the death penalty we are not Catholics in good standing. Is this true? — Peter Tate, Long Beach, California Answer: The debate over the recent change in the Catechism’s wording about the
The greatest threat to the Gospel may be not secularization or a culture hostile to Christianity. Instead, it may be ourselves, our own tepid preaching of the word. As a Church, we regularly reduce the Gospel to a series of moral principles.