The very word confession conjures up all kinds of stories and images, but those who go to confession know that it is a source of holy comfort and blessed...
Glad You Asked
In a 1995 episode of the popular TV drama The X-Files, FBI agent Fox Mulder—a true believer in extraterrestrial life—has a quick exchange with his partner Dana...
It’s almost as if Mel Gibson’s The Passion has come to life. In Chicago’s largely Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood, some 7,000 people gather at...
The Bible is considered the inspired word of God by the faithful. So you have to wonder: where did it come from? With all the writings floating around the...
Everyone knows that, with a few exceptions, Catholic priests are celibate. But can Catholic deacons marry? Married men have been admitted to the clergy of the...
“I believe in an America where… there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote,” declared John F. Kennedy. But today some wonder whether U...
The question of exactly when the eucharistic gifts become Christ’s Body and Blood has commanded attention and debate for centuries. From the supper at...
During Christianity’s earliest centuries, an era of official persecution of Christians, church and state were not only separate but opposed. Then in the...
“Lead us not into temptation.” Christians have prayed these words so many times, it’s easy to slide over their meaning, but they are a bit curious...
For 16 years I prayed them with my entire family before Christmas. I prayed them as a teenager, for the repose of the soul of parents of friends; I prayed them...
