My older sister gave me my first Bible when I went away to college. It sat on a shelf in the dorm for months unopened. Frankly I might never have used it if...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
Catholics Read provides Catholics with supplemental material and a reading guide to understanding the Bible in an effort to help Catholics grow in faith and...
Food is a basic part of everyone's lives and yet the issues surrounding it are extremely complex. The following resources provide more information on our...
The Good Book is full of passages to inspire environmental action. "You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars." Max...
"For a child has been born for us, a son given to us… he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." These...
When you whispered a prayer this morning while sipping your coffee and eating your toast, to whom exactly did you pray? An old man with a beard somewhere...
St. Paul may be known as the "apostle to the Gentiles," but his high ideals make him an apostle for believers today, too. When you ask Father...
Could you put that in layman’s terms, please? “With pleasure,” says Richard R. Gaillardetz, author of By What Authority? A Primer on Scripture, the...
They say it’s lonely at the top, but it’s also lonely in the middle. That’s where Oblate Father Ronald Rolheiser often finds himself, trying...
Five years into the sex abuse crisis, some Catholics are growing weary, while others are cautiously optimistic. The priest sex abuse crisis is the...