Monsignor Owen Campion writes that “When any human being is abused, mistreated or downgraded, bad things happen.” He points to the ongoing violence in Gaza, involving two peoples with legacies of being abused, and tells the history of the two-state solution. He
As we celebrate Mother’s Day this year, take heart, all you moms. Like Saint Zelie Martin, the mother of Saint Teresa of Lisieux, there will be times of struggle. Like Mary, there will be times of sacrifice and pain. But you play
A saturation of digital media disconnects many from God, leaving a void in the human heart
In his column this week, Monsignor Campion writes, As we stagger amid reports of scandal in the Church today, as violence terrorizes us on a regular basis, as religion and morality are insulted and great numbers abandon the Church, remember what Christianity
This week, a reader asks Monsignor Pope, Our pastor in his homily stated that "Jesus, to completely experience his/our human nature, was also tempted sexually." What does this mean? Monsignor reminds us that we ought not speak of the mystery of Christ's
In this week's reflection on Sunday Scripture, Timothy O'Malley writes that the renewal of the Church requires a new commitment to the reality of the Resurrection. A new commitment to the Church not as the society of the "in" but the first
In her openers column this week, Editor in Chief Gretchen Crowe writes about Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo celebrated Mass in a small chapel in Colombo the next week, and preached a homily on the importance of love.
In this week's column, publisher Scott Richert writes about his friend Aaron Wolf, who wasn't a Catholic, but he made Scott a better one.
To deny the physical resurrection of Christ is to deny centuries of Christian tradition and Scripture
Kathryn Lopez writes, The Easter declaration is unlike any other declaration. It doesn't make us independent but rather resplendent in the glory of God. This season is about conversion and only the innocence of a child can herald the wonder with which
From Teresa Tomeo: I thought about and prayed for the many cynics and Catholic critics as I was glued to the news coverage of the devastating fire at the famous Notre Dame cathedral in Paris during Holy Week. As I listened and