Readings (Year B): Exodus 24:3 – 8Psalms 116:12 – 13, 15 – 16, 17 – 18Hebrews 9:11 – 15Mark 14:12 – 16, 22 – 26...
Articles
When St. Paul wrote, in his letter to the Romans, about a “law written on the hearts” of the Gentiles, he wasn’t just using a fanciful metaphor or trying to...
A thousand or so years ago, there lived an Irish archbishop named Malachy. And this archbishop supposedly had a series of visions about popes—past, present and...
Cabrini Directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Angel Studios, 2024) In 1946, Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. “Mother Cabrini,”...
For centuries, a consistent commitment to nonviolence was, at best, a marginal position within the Catholic Church. Rather than rejecting violence outright...
When she was young, Kay Perdue Meadows never imagined she’d grow up to be a catechist. She also never imagined she’d grow up to be a Catholic. A convert to the...
After graduating from a Jesuit University, I took the Jesuits’ call to live out the gospel to heart and signed up for a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. I...
The Associated Church Press’s annual convention, held May 15-17 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, closed with its “Best of the Church Press” awards...
When Vincent de Paul entered the priesthood, he was largely motivated by ambition. As a priest, he served the powerful de Gondi family as a tutor and spiritual...
Readings (Year B): Deuteronomy 4:32 – 34, 39 – 40Psalms 33:4 – 5, 6, 9, 18 – 19, 20, 22Romans 8:14 – 17Matthew 28:16 – 20...
