After seven years of marriage Mary and John experienced a crisis which…
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Justice Antonin Scalia on Family Life
In his remarks upon the shocking and unexpected death of Supreme Court…
About the Author: Ashley McGuire
Ashley E. McGuire is a Contributing Editor at the Institute for Family Studies, a Senior Fellow with The Catholic Association,
editor-in-chief of AltCatholicah, and the Richard John Neuhaus Fellow at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, among others, and she has appeared on CNN, FOX News, PBS, CBS, and the BBC.
Hitler’s Catholics
There is a well-known story about the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He was…
About the Author: Francis Phillips
Francis Phillips is a book reviewer and blogger for the Catholic Herald.
How Does a Catholic Climb a Tree? Christian Witness Today
Jesus’ last words to his apostles were: “You shall be my witnesses…
About the Author: Rev. Patrick Gorevan
Rev. Patrick Gorevan is a priest of the Opus Dei Prelature. He lectures in philosophy in St Patrick’s College Maynooth and is academic tutor at Maryvale Institute. He has written on the early phenomenological movement, virtue ethics and the role of emotion in moral action.
Thoughts on the Centenary of the Rising
Easter Monday fell on April 24 in 1916 and was the day…
About the Author: Brenda McGann
Brenda McGann lives in Dublin, and is the mother of grown up family and several grandchildren.
Revisiting the Spiritual Warfare
In the sixth chapter of St Mark’s Gospel, we find the account…
About the Author: Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry.
The Case for Latin: Why Worship Benefits From a Sacred Language
Does it matter what language is used to worship God? Shouldn’t the…
About the Author: Philip Kosloski
Philip Kosloski is the author of In the Footsteps of a Saint: John Paul II’s Visit to Wisconsin. His articles have been featured in Crisis Magazine, Catholic Exchange and New Advent, National Catholic Register and Aleteia.
Lent: A Time of Subtraction
Primary school teachers often say that the first month of every new…
About the Author: Rev. Eugene O’Neill
Rev. Eugene O’Neill is parish priest of Killyleagh, and of Crossgar, Co.Down and is a regular contributor to A Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster.
Silence in the Liturgy
1. Silence as a Christian ascetical value In the negative sense, silence…
About the Author: Cardinal Robert Sarah
Cardinal Robert Sarah is prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He is the author, with Nicolas Diat, of God or Nothing (Ignatius Press). This is an abbreviated form of an essay first published in Italian in L’Osservatore Romano on January 30, 2016 and translated by Michael J. Miller for the Catholic World Report.