What is enlightenment? -- among angels and us
Michael Pakaluk
intellectual historian I once knew used to say that you can really break through to understanding a deep thinker, if, when you encounter some bizarre passage, instead of dismissing it, you try to figure ...
Let There be Peace on Earth Maureen Crowley Heil
As is the custom, on December 26, the Feast of Saint Stephen, proto martyr of our faith, a report was released by Fides, the news agency of the Pontifical Mission Societies at the Vatican. The annual ...
Happy New Year!Eileen McLaughlin
As a lifelong educator, I've always had multiple opportunities to celebrate the New Year -- once in September with the launch of the school year and again in January when the calendar shifted. I ...
The anointingScott Hahn
The Liturgy last week revealed the mystery of God's plan -- that in Jesus all peoples, symbolized by the Magi, have been made "coheirs" to the blessings promised to Israel. This week, we're shown ...
Praying during the Holy YearFather Robert M. O'Grady
With the apt title "Prayer Today: A Challenge to Overcome," Cardinal Angelo Comastri leads off the series of prayer guides for the Holy Year 2025. Cardinal Comastri is not the first and will not be the ...
Catholic Schools WeekArchbishop Richard G. Henning
As we get further from the pandemic crisis that gripped the world in 2020, I hope that we are willing to examine our choices and learn from them. I am sorry to say that I think that the lockdown efforts ...
Why is Mary's perpetual virginity so controversial for Protestants?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: Something that's always been kind of interesting to me is how much Protestants object to Mary's perpetual virginity. I get balking at her Immaculate Conception, her as mediatrix of all graces, asking ...
Ancient wisdom for the modern desert: Bishop Varden on the Desert FathersDr. R. Jared Staudt
Jesus told us we must "seek first the kingdom," but where should we find it? In the ancient world, St. Antony the Great inspired thousands to follow him into the desert, seeking solitude to focus completely ...
Holidays of Ordinary TimesLucia A. Silecchia
As I turned the calendar from December to January, I had a familiar, sinking feeling. Compared to December, January looks bleak. It seems like a long time until festivities once again fill our days. At ...
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Culture & Events
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Happy New Year!Eileen McLaughlin
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Joyful hopeMichael Reardon
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 5, 2025, The Epiphany of the LordDeacon Greg Kandra
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Tolkien's world, still popular on the big screen, began with faith and wordsCecilia Hadley
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Scripture Reflection for Dec. 22, 2024, Fourth Sunday of AdventDeacon Greg Kandra
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Getting adult children to Christmas MassGreg Erlandson
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The work of redemptionEileen McLaughlin
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Intern reflectionsEmily Greco and James Kaeser
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We are naked before the strange humility of GodElizabeth Scalia
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Faith & Family
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Praying during the Holy YearFather Robert M. O'Grady
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Catholic Schools WeekArchbishop Richard G. Henning
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Let There be Peace on Earth Maureen Crowley Heil
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The anointingScott Hahn
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Ancient wisdom for the modern desert: Bishop Varden on the Desert FathersDr. R. Jared Staudt
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Why is Mary's perpetual virginity so controversial for Protestants?Jenna Marie Cooper
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Holidays of Ordinary TimesLucia A. Silecchia
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Scripture Reflection for Jan. 12, 2025, Feast of the Baptism of the LordFather Joshua J. Whitfield
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The jubilee of jubileesFather Robert M. O’Grady
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ResoluteArchbishop Richard G. Henning
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Spirituality
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What is enlightenment? -- among angels and usMichael Pakaluk
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The 'Catena Aurea': Read the Gospel this Advent with St. Thomas AquinasMichael Pakaluk
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Focus on GodEffie Caldarola
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Some thoughts upon returning from the second session of the synodBishop Robert Barron
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The actual great transformationMichael Pakaluk
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Reunions in graveyardsEffie Caldarola
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Newman and the start of the academic yearMichael Pakaluk
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Deer in the dusky eveningEffie Caldarola
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Underground RailroadEffie Caldarola
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Demographic decline as caused by 'procreation'Michael Pakaluk
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In Depth
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What went wrong in the Sexual Revolution? New documentary takes a lookLizzy Joslyn
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Does God make people gay? A theologian respondsMary Rezac Catholic News Agency
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Why Catholics should beware as high-tech 'deepfake' videos emergeKevin Jones
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Cardinal Caffarra explains the reasons behind the dubiaCatholic News Agency
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