Some families and households hold hands to say grace before meals. Maybe this practice migrated to church, as the Our Father is the final “grace” that we say...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
It’s in there. At Mass Catholics pray to God to “look with favor on your church’s offering and see the victim whose death has reconciled us...
“Why do I have to go through this?” The question sums up many other questions people have about annulments, the way the Catholic Church says a marriage is...
My brother was born prematurely during a blizzard. Mom made it to the hospital in time to deliver, but Dad was stuck in a snow bank, the tires of our Chevy...
“Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion” is the formal title of laypeople who distribute the Eucharist during Mass. As the title implies, there...
Receiving the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist from the cup is not a requirement, but receiving the blood of Christ is a fuller sign of the mystery we celebrate...
Desperate to become parents, some Catholics are looking at science to help them conceive—despite church teaching against the process. When Erik Zimmerman comes...
These are just some of the ways that the parish can be a resource to couples experiencing infertility. • Raise the issue of infertility at the pre-Cana...
Alternatives such as those offered by Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction in Omaha don’t work for every couple. And in vitro...
South African Muslim scholar Farid Esack speaks about post-9/11 perceptions of Islam in this interview from January 2002. In the aftermath of September 11...
