Christian history has multiple stories of people who felt called by God to separate themselves from the bustle of society and live alone, often in remote...
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.
The Bible is full of vivid, fascinating characters: heroes and antiheroes, tricksters and villains. One of the most memorable biblical villains is Queen...
As of March 2025, Elon Musk, the richest person in the world according to Bloomberg, was valued to be worth 311 billion dollars. To help put this quantity in...
A never-married man meets a divorced woman whose ex-husband is still alive. They fall in love and want to marry in the Catholic Church. A media outlet that...
Hermits are rarely in the news. Not only are there relatively few people who seek to become hermits, but those who do embrace a solitary existence of prayer...
The better question is: Who were the Herods? Five or six Herods governed around Palestine. Only two are of interest in the gospels. The name appears more than...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In the United States, nativity scenes are part of the ordinary landscape of Christmas—even in secular spaces...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Often, Catholics refer to Mary with the various honorifics we have attached to her over the centuries:...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts It’s difficult to avoid artificial intelligence these days. When searching on Google or reading product...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Even 700 years after his death, St. Thomas Aquinas is still one of most influential theologians in the...
