Advent: the season most Catholics would like to honor more appropriately but find it difficult to do so with the commercial Christmas creeping in all around. But when we do celebrate Advent it is...
You could listen to Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey to get you in the Christmas spirit. That might get you into a hot cocoa and snow angels mood, but “All I Want for Christmas is You” won’t prepare...
In my new book, When the Sickle Swings: Stories of Catholics Who Survived Communist Oppression, I document the testimonies of heroic Catholics who kept the faith despite persecution by hostile...
As the case of famed Slovene priest and artist Father Marko Ivan Rupnik continues to perplex Catholics around the globe, experts have warned that a perceived gap in canon law is preventing him and...
On Monday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis is receiving antibiotic treatment for an inflammation of his lungs, and that while he is in good condition, many of his commitments in the coming...
After receiving a CAT scan on his lungs yesterday, Pope Francis Sunday did not deliver his weekly Angelus address in person, but did so from the chapel inside his residence, citing ‘pulmonary...
Both the front and back of the Miraculous Medal are rich in symbolism. Knowing the meaning behind the Miraculous Medal makes wearing one even more special.