The Catechism of the Catholic Church makes clear the probing love of the Father and how much he desires to bring all people to himself. “Man may forget his Creator or hide far from his face; he may run after idols or
This Advent, pray with the Ascension app, a new Bible and Catechism app from Catholic publisher Ascension. It features two podcasts by Father Mike Schmitz (produced by Ascension) along with the full text of the Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic
Five years after Pope Francis updated the catechism to clarify the Catholic Church's teaching on the death penalty, there is "renewed momentum" in the United States to end the practice, a leading Catholic activist said.
Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., provided an update on the newly launched Institute on the Catechism to the U.S. Catholic bishops during their annual fall plenary assembly Nov. 15 in Baltimore, Md. Housed within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’
The recently formed Institute on the Catechism will carry out the U.S. bishops' vision of the importance of "connecting evangelization and catechesis," according to Father Daniel J. Mahan, an Indianapolis archdiocesan priest just named as the institute's director.
The institute is housed within
The Jan. 1 launch of "The Catechism in a Year" podcast has generated notable excitement -- especially among listeners of "The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)" podcast, which jumped to the No. 1 spot on Apple podcasts overall within
Deacon Greg Kandra, creator of “The Deacon’s Bench” blog, writes that while setting New Year’s resolutions is a good thing, in the coming year, look to Paragraph 2478 in the Catechism to truly transform your life: “To avoid rash judgment, everyone should
“I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the Faith and thus a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communion.” With those words, Pope St. John Paul II presented the Catechism of the Catholic Church to the faithful and the
Three young Catholics — a catechist, a marketing guru and a seasoned digital content creator — are embarking on a mission to inject life into a book that, to most readers, seems like 3,000 paragraphs of rules. Real + True is a
Assistant editor Ava Lalor shares a fact about herself: She has no sense of direction. Despite having a fairly reliable mental map based on landmarks, the cardinal directions don’t offer her much assistance. And unlike people she knows, she’s never been interested