In the midst of the COVID lockdowns, columnist Simcha Fisher lost her father. Yet his death, funeral and burial just before Easter 2020 gave her a renewed sense of the firm ground of God’s presence. In this article she talks about how
Recently, Cardinal Timothy Dolan asked, “Did we go too far on COVID-19 restrictions? Were we obedient to the biblical commands to be near the sick, to comfort the dying, to reverently bury the dead, and, for us deacons, priests and bishops, to
According to the National Home Education Research Institute, the number of U.S. home-school students in grades kindergarten to 12 grew from 2.5 million in spring 2019 to 3.1 million, or roughly 6% of school-age children, in the 2021-2022 school year.
"The homeschool population
Looking pack at the COVID-19 pandemic, Cardinal Dolan says: But, I nag myself, did we do enough? Did we raise the point that spiritual consolation given to patients was as essential as the bodily care? Did we insist that our churches needed
The results from the latest World Values Survey, summarized by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), shows the decline in Mass attendance in the U.S. For every 10 people who were at Mass every Sunday in 2019, 3 are
On May 13, an estimated crowd of 200,000 people gathered at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima in Portugal to celebrate the feast day that marks the Blessed Mother’s first apparition to three young shepherd children in 1917. The recent celebration