Concert organist and composer S. Andrew Lloyd belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But his latest composition, about to make its world debut, draws from the famous Catholic poem, “The Hound of Heaven.” “As a composer, I want
A discussion among practicing Catholics occurred in a social media group, inevitably landing on current divisions between Catholics -- those who would describe themselves as "orthodox" vs the "more progressive;" those who pronounce themselves "proudly cafeteria" versus those who identify as "proudly
Columnist David Mills shares one of his favorite parts about Catholicism: knowing that Christ is always truly present in the tabernacle, like a friend who is waiting to welcome you into his home: “I entered the Church in part because she offered
A recent Pew Research Center study caught the eye of many Catholics, despite the fact that the information the study conveyed wasn’t really news. Latinos are disaffiliating from the Catholic Church at alarming rates. The 2022 study reported that only 43% of
Columnist David Mills explores why Catholics — even Catholics of goodwill — can argue themselves in circles over topics that are multi-layered. To help explain this, Mills looks to the 20th-century theologian Friedrich von Hügel, who divided minds into two types: “There’s
Be ready for Mass on the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. In this week’s Opening the Word Scripture reflection, Catherine Cavadini explores the question, “What does it mean to be Catholic?” The readings for this Sunday provide the keys to answering this
Most of us Catholics are too worldly, as we know from every examination of conscience -- and yet in another sense we're not worldly enough. We live in the world, but as Jesus says, we're not of it (Jn 17:16). But what
What does it mean to be a Catholic? What does it mean to be a member of the Church? As young and old Americans alike continue to disavow religious faith and practice at alarming rates, the question is asked with increasing urgency.
Columnist David Mills looks at what many think of the Church in theory versus the Church’s reality: “The friend, like many friends in the Protestant world I left two decades ago, felt strongly attracted to the Church and its distinctive doctrines, but
Michael Pakaluk, a professor at the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America, explains how the economic principle of opportunity cost is very much relatable — and important — to Catholics. Opportunity cost, as Pakaluk explains, is the loss