St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop and Martyr
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral in 1170. Soon after his death there were reports of miracles at his grave and he was canonized only two years after his death. His life entails the story of the power struggle between church and state in medieval society. Thomas was born in […]
The World is Undergoing a Spiritual Aftermath
I gave birth to our fifth child the day before the world shut down in March of 2020. Ben and I held Auggie and peacefully packed our bags, chatting with the postpartum nurses the day I was discharged. Once we returned home, our daughter Sarah came home from school and didn’t go back until six […]
Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity seek swift fix after Indian government blocks foreign donations
Missionaries of Charity house, Calcutta, India. / Shutterstock.com. Denver Newsroom, Dec 28, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA). Supporters of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity reacted with surprise and concern to the Indian government’s ruling that t… […]
God and man in the 21st century
In 1951, William F. Buckley, Jr. published God and Man at Yale, in which he asserted that Yale was preaching secularism and statism at the expense of religious faith and human liberty. Buckley’s book was […]
Silence & Contradiction
The poetry of St. John of the Cross forgets the familiar, easy, and convenient, slipping into darkness and unknowing to find God
Germany’s “Synodal Path” is a model for the global Church, says observer
Catholic communications official and ecumenical leader from Luxembourg encourages Germans to continue paving the way towards reforming the Church
Relevance deprivation and the Cross
Responding to God’s promptings is a bit like finding your way through an unfamiliar website. Progress is made mostly by following intuitions and hunches and then responding when the pathway unfolds plainly before you.
Pope urges Church to leave behind “outworn pastoral models”
Francis officially launches two-year consultation of the world’s Catholics leading up to the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops
The passing of time
Even the most weathered lives can make a surprising contribution — in faith and without fear
Columbus, Christianity and Racism
Some disturbing thoughts on “Columbus Day”