Why Lent? A guide to its core practicesDr. R. Jared Staudt
It's easy to take things that we're used to doing for granted. Lent's just one of those Catholic customs that come around every year as the liturgical year moves through its cycles. But if ...
Blessed-to-be Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: The great evangelizerMsgr. Roger J. Landry
The history of the Church in the United States is a chronicle of evangelization. Most of the Americans in the eternal hall of fame are distinguished as great missionaries: Jogues, Goupil, Lalande, ...
Why are there so many different kinds of convents out there?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: Why are there so many different kinds of convents out there? I don't understand why a young woman who feels called to give her life to God would need that many choices. (Ohio) A: The short answer ...
Putting Christmas awayJaymie Stuart Wolfe
On Dec. 26, our Evangelical neighbors had their Christmas tree out on the curb, and all the stores had marked the decorations down to 50 (then 75 and 90) percent off. I know that there's a Catholic ...
The venerable Roman CanonFather Robert M. O'Grady
In the coming weeks, we'll be looking at the Eucharistic Prayers most encountered on Sunday at a parish Mass. For each, we'll have a bit more history, a look at its contents, and answer a few ...
Why are there four Gospels?Archbishop Richard G. Henning
When I was in high school, my Protestant grandfather gave me his copy of the "Dartmouth Bible." This translation had a very unusual feature -- it combined elements of the four Gospels into a single unified ...
Light breakingScott Hahn
Jesus came among us as light to scatter the darkness of a fallen world. As His disciples, we, too, are called to be "the light of the world," He tells us in the Gospel this Sunday (see John 1:4-4, ...
Scripture Reflection for Feb. 8, 2026, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFather Joshua J. Whitfield
Is 58:7-10 Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1 Cor 2:1-5 Mt 5:13-16 To understand what Jesus means by calling his disciples "the salt of the earth," St. Augustine said that we should keep in mind the two immediately ...
Surrendering fears to GodLucia A. Silecchia
These past weeks, along with millions of others, my days have been lived in the grip of a cold and icy northeast with no sign of warmth coming soon. At the cold spell began and the icy snow first fell, ...
Do Catholics have a theological problem with a woman being the archbishop of Canterbury?Jenna Marie Cooper
Q: The Anglican church is elevating its first woman to the role of archbishop of Canterbury, the chief diocese of the Church of England. Theologically, do we as Catholics see this as a problem? A: ...
