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Jul 25, 2025
A reflection by Melito of Sardis — a 2nd century bishop and early Church father — on Jesus Christ’s crucifixion offers a shocking revelation Christians...
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Jul 22, 2025
In a moment of civil and spiritual crisis, the brilliant Capuchin monk rallied Christian forces — not with a sword, but with Scripture, a crucifix and unwavering faith.
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Jul 14, 2025
War inflicts harsh physical and emotional wounds. Yet, for some combat veterans, the wounds pierce deeper, even severing one from God. Healing, then, cannot be simply treated by...
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Jun 17, 2025
Napoleon Bonaparte’s fall from grace was complete.
On Oct. 15, 1815, after nearly ten weeks at sea on the HMS Northumberland, the former French emperor arrived...
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Jun 5, 2025
On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a strong driving wind” where his...
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May 16, 2025
For a native son to serve as Christ’s Vicar is a cause for celebration, not merely because its likelihood seemed slim before May 8. Indeed, no American has held a greater role...
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May 12, 2025
Freedom could be Modernity’s most overused yet least understood word. In an American context, freedom evokes self-governance, an individual’s will to pursue happiness,...
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Apr 21, 2025
It was January 2019.
The Knights of Columbus (KofC) assigned me to report on its efforts for English-speaking pilgrims to World Youth Day in Panama City, Panama. The initiative,...
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Apr 18, 2025
It was a Good Friday that shocked America.
One hundred and sixty years ago, on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathizer...
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Apr 18, 2025
Freedom, here, abides in this cell before me,bound to a crude, stone throne of eternityto reconcile Creator with creationand prevail against the proud, spiteful nations.
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Apr 16, 2025
Traveling for Holy Week? Trying to find opportunities for confession and adoration? Or returning to Mass and yearning to reconnect with the Lord on Easter Sunday?
Chances are your...
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Apr 3, 2025
Every third mystery of the Rosary — from the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious — reveals Jesus Christ’s identity as king and the establishment of his...
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Mar 10, 2025
Where would the Church and the West be without him? Or, better yet, where would the Church and West be without his mother, St. Monica?
Behind Augustine’s spiritual homecoming...
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Mar 6, 2025
The Lord of the Rings is emblematic of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Frodo Baggins bears the Ring of Power — the Dark Lord Sauron’s weapon to rule Middle Earth and...
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Feb 18, 2025
It was January 1853. Benjamin Armstrong, an Alabama-born frontiersman, was traveling nearly 100 miles from La Pointe, Wis., to Ontonagon—a Michigan village located on Lake...
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Jan 31, 2025
Joshua and the Israelites razed the cities of Jericho and Ai, leaving none alive and “forever a heap of ruins.” Fearing the same destruction, the Gibeonites tricked...
Jul 25, 2025A reflection by Melito of Sardis — a 2nd century bishop and early Church father — on Jesus Christ’s crucifixion offers a shocking revelation Christians...
Jun 17, 2025Napoleon Bonaparte’s fall from grace was complete. On Oct. 15, 1815, after nearly ten weeks at sea on the HMS Northumberland, the former French emperor arrived...
Jun 5, 2025On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a strong driving wind” where his...
Apr 21, 2025It was January 2019. The Knights of Columbus (KofC) assigned me to report on its efforts for English-speaking pilgrims to World Youth Day in Panama City, Panama. The initiative,...
Apr 3, 2025Every third mystery of the Rosary — from the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious — reveals Jesus Christ’s identity as king and the establishment of his...
Mar 6, 2025The Lord of the Rings is emblematic of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Frodo Baggins bears the Ring of Power — the Dark Lord Sauron’s weapon to rule Middle Earth and...
Jan 31, 2025Joshua and the Israelites razed the cities of Jericho and Ai, leaving none alive and “forever a heap of ruins.” Fearing the same destruction, the Gibeonites tricked...