Exploring the history of the Baltimore Catechism

The Baltimore Catechism is one of the most well-known Catholic books of the 20th century, and while it has fallen out of popularity since the Second Vatican Council, its influence on generations of Catholics can’t be overstated. Writer Bill Dodds looks at

The one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church

A Catholic chaplain, a priest, was carrying Communion to patients who were bedridden in a hospital. The priest had a list of Catholic patients who had requested communion. In one of the rooms, as he blessed a patient and began to leave,

Confessing venial sins

The Church strongly urges that Catholics have recourse to confession for all sins — mortal or not Question: I know that the Church urges frequent confession. But what if one has no mortal sins to confess? I am reluctant to go to