On October 5, 2025, the Diocese of Charlotte opened the Chapel of the Little Flower in Mooresville, North Carolina—a small structure with a large significance...
Liturgy
Unless you happened to grow up speaking Ancient Greek and Hebrew (with a smattering of Aramaic for good measure), the words you are familiar with from...
For nearly a decade, Peter Walker has spent the majority of his time in the great cathedrals of England. The Church of England has been experiencing a steady...
About 25 years ago, during the weekly Friday evening Mass in the living room of the Bishop Dingman House of the Des Moines Catholic Worker, a man entered from...
“Peace be with you all.” With this simple greeting, Pope Leo XIV introduced himself to the world from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. For Catholics, peace...
The calendar for this jubilee year is pretty straightforward. In February, for example, we celebrate the armed forces, police, and security personnel (Feb...
In Liturgical Hermeneutics of Sacred Scripture (Catholic University of America Press, 2023), Marco Benini discusses how liturgy allows the community to...
My mom told me about an occasion when a devout evangelical woman first saw the religious images sprinkled about our home. “These are idols!” my mom’s friend...
The Tridentine Mass, often referred to as the “Latin Mass” (though this is a misnomer, as there is usually some vernacular involved, especially in the form of...
There is much to ponder in the synod synthesis report, “A Synodal Church in Mission.” As I talked with my sister about the proposals, I expressed a desire to...
