Catholic Living

Faithfulness to the austere beauty of Teresa’s rule was the cause for canonization for a little-known modern saint, Mother Maravillas de Jesus (1891-1974).

Catholics who yearn to attend a reverent Mass may find that the Ordinariate Form (Anglican Use) may just be the home they are looking for.

As the Church seeks to understand the morality of abortion-tainted vaccines, the sensus fidelium is critically important. We have an urgent responsibility to contribute to the Church’s elucidation of this teaching.

If you have compassion for the unvaccinated being discriminated against, how can you support a business that participates in this kind of discrimination? 

Our problem is not so much that we are “communicating” too much (though we are); the problem is that we don’t reflect before we do.

We need to take our faith into the public square, and this includes bringing meaningful songs to a people starved for beauty.

Christmas heralds the importance of life, the discarding of sin, and seizing the opportunities to do good things. It challenges the selfish to think of others; it urges the desperate to have hope.

With vaccination passes being implemented for Mass, we face a class system based on one’s vaccination status, which would limit the Mass to those of the privileged class.

All Christians should purge themselves of the ignorance, laziness, and viciousness that they’ve internalized from a COVID-positive culture. They should deny themselves as much as they can and leave their hearts open for Christ. 

The implosion of the Veritatis Splendor community, and the success of another community, offers a stark contrast on what makes a Christian community successful.

If the traditional sacraments are forbidden, how will you respond? Look to the past and trust your Catholic sense.

Christmas is Jesus’ birthday. That is all that it is. It is not our birthdays, it is not about Santa, it is not about gifts for us, it is not about gift giving.

How to respond to the anti-Christian pseudo-reasons, slogans, “memes,” historical fictions, and creatures of the imagination of our day.

Harassment, intimidation, kidnappings, physical assaults, rapes, and murders are common experiences for millions of Christians across the Muslim world.

In response to restrictive and unjust lockdowns and mandates, Catholics in Austria are taking to the streets to pray the Rosary.

Allowing women to be liturgical ministers stokes the flames of a false egalitarianism that agitates for women deacons and priests.

Deciding whether or not to attend the weddings of those not living in accord with the Church’s teaching on sexuality is, for many of us, an agonizing matter. People often ask for my advice. (I find it easier to advise them than to make similar decisions in my own life!) John,* a Catholic father, asked … Read more

A short time ago, in the Maryland countryside, a priest the humble folk say bears a resemblance to Maximilian Kolbe turned on the ignition of his old silver pick-up and eased out of the parking lot of his St. Michael’s parish. He shifted into second gear and passed by a group of swollen-eyed parishioners standing … Read more

The trend of intermittent fasting has been embraced in Christian and secular groups. Some people utilize a 9 a.m.-5 p.m. eating regimen, thereby fasting for 16 consecutive hours. Others, on occasion, fast for a full 24 hours once a week.  Fasting in and of itself offers more than dietary benefits. The Desert Fathers practiced fasting … Read more

Suppose your priest or pastor. . .     preaches homilies or teaches in ways that reject or repudiate Church dogma or doctrine (CCC 2037*); approves, supports, or helps to finance organizations or causes which deny or distort Church teaching;  lives in a manner that gives scandal (CCC 2284) to parishioners; tolerates parish school faculty or staff … Read more