Religion

Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.

Lives of the saints

Alphonsus Rodriguez must have thought he had it made. Yes, there had been a few bumps in the road. His education had been cut short when his father died and...

What are annulments for?

“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...

Who wrote the gospels?

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...