Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts The tradition of churches as places of refuge for those in fear of the law goes back centuries. It figures...
Glad You Asked
Glad You Asked is a column that presents informed, enlightened responses to basic questions of Catholic doctrine, history, identity, or pastoral practice.
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholics have frequently taken a stand against civil authorities, even breaking the law, to remain true to...
Several years ago, my youngest son decided he wanted to fast during part of Ramadan. He wanted to support his friend, who is Muslim. They both were elementary...
Legend goes that the Virgin Mary gave the rosary to St. Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order. Dominic had been battling the Catharists, heretics who denied...
When my wife and I married, we sang Rory Cooney and Gary Daigle’s “Covenant Hymn.” Based on Ruth’s proclamation to her mother-in-law Naomi, that she would...
In February of 1300, Pope Boniface VIII, in the papal bull Antiquorum Habet Fida Relatio, declared the first-ever Catholic Jubilee Year. Anyone who made a...
The earliest documented use of the term pro-life was in a book on parenting and child education. The book, Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing, by...
Catholic history is full of famous excommunications involving court intrigue and geopolitical conflicts. Henry VIII of England was excommunicated twice: first...
St. Augustine of Hippo, the fourth century theologian, philosopher, and doctor of the church, shaped Christian theology in myriad ways. Multiple Christian...
Conversations among Catholics about trans people and the church often center on questions of inclusion and belonging in relation to church life and teachings...
