People lived longer back in the days before the great flood in Genesis, so the story goes—a lot longer. The implication is that, closer to the bestowal of the...
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These days, when Catholics talk about someone being a saint, this usually has nothing to do with signs or wonders, but with a life of heroic virtue. Further...
A young Portuguese princess converts to Christianity as a teenager and takes a vow of chastity, entering into a mystical marriage with Jesus. But her father...
White wooden crosses reflected upside down in standing pools of water were planted on the southern bank of the Rio Grande. Bishops from El Paso, Texas; Las...
“Tio BrandonAndy!” That’s what our niece has called me and my husband, Andy, since she was 2. She calls us “Tio” because she speaks Spanish. And she calls us...
Sam Rocha remembers the strong recoil of the gun. His father had told him he could have an early inheritance—his great-grandfather Crecencio Rocha’s hundred...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify What if every family in the United States had enough resources to afford secure housing, eat nourishing food, pay medical bills and...
Readings (Year B): Job 38:1, 8 – 11Psalms 107:23 – 24, 25 – 26, 28 – 29, 30 – 312 Corinthians 5:14 – 17Mark 4:35 – 41...
Catholics believe in care for the sick and the dying. Few moral teachings could be less controversial. The most easily offered prayers are for those we know...
As co-founder of both the Catholic Worker newspaper and the movement of the same name, Dorothy Day is probably the most widely-known social justice Catholic in...
