That is, what we ought to do is based on what we are. “Thou shalt not kill,” for instance, is based on the real value of human life and the need to preserve it. “Thou shalt not commit adultery” is ...

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

No matter how immersed in day-to-day living we may be, it is hard to escape a sort of inner realization that there is something different about these weeks…. Yet Lent, in a strange way, is a joyous ...

Introduction to Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear, in a Pandemic Fear is contagious.

However, having an understanding of crucifixion helps us understand what Jesus went through on the day of his death. This article is based on various articles written by medical doctors, including a ...

When I gave a talk recently at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the subject of the Second Coming, I was I asked to describe what our resurrected bodies will be like.

The Holy Father presents a vision of marriage and sexuality never before articulated, but few people have been exposed in any depth to his revolutionary insights.

Catholic Education Resource CenterKneel vs stand for Communion: the debate again ignites The Catholic Herald The two practices – kneeling vs. standing, and receiving on the tongue vs. in the hand – ...

On Complaining Shortly after I converted to the Catholic Faith in 1986, I attended three retreats given by Fr. John Hardon, SJ, who was Mother Teresa’s spiritual director whenever she was in North ...

Art Essay of the Month: Pietà (1497–1499) by Michelangelo (1475–1564) When twenty-three year old Michelangelo Buonarroti arrived in Rome to complete his very first public commission, he was provided ...

The Church played a central if not exclusive role in the establishment and encouragement of the university.

All Hallow’s Eve One of the nicest surprises of living around the year with the Church is to find that Halloween is part of it.