By Steven D. Greydanus | “Her whole life was an attempt to tell her real story. That never really happened. I hope it can posthumously.” So laments Protestant minister Rob Schenck, a onetime...
By The Editors | Was Norma McCorvey — the Jane Roe behind Roe v. Wade — manipulated and exploited? Was she used to advance a cause that wasn’t hers? It’s hard to say if exploitation was the intent of...
By Catholic News Agency | ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota will pay $22.5 million into a trust for sexual abuse survivors, under a plan that involves filing for Chapter 11...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Brady, PA Images via Reuters By VIENNA (CNS) -- As people spent more time online during the coronavirus lockdown, negative remarks and even the incitement of hatred based on...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul Haring By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to a Jesuit-run refugee center in Rome for its continued care for migrants and refugees...
IMAGE: CNS file photo By Kurt Jensen WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, may be an ideal prospective saint for the current age, said Carl A. Anderson...
Perhaps one of the hidden “blessings” of having to stay home all the time of this pandemic is being able to spend an inordinate amount of time with my kids. Of course, the youngest ones are almost...
Scientists accept almost the entirety of their knowledge of science, even in their area of expertise, on faith in the testimony of others regarding the instrument dependent measurement of the...
Looking for an engaging way to captivate readers both young and young at heart? I can’t recommend enough the new graphic novel from Jean-Francois Vivier Maximilian Kolbe: A Saint in Auschwitz. You...
“Active shooter at Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi.” That was the breaking news story on Thursday morning. It turned out that the shooter was no longer active, having been “neutralized” after...
In 1752, a fifteen-year-old Edward Gibbon entered the halls of Magdalen College, Oxford, where his father had enrolled him as a gentleman commoner. The aspect of his new academic mother did not...
At the outset of the Covid pandemic, every single diocese in the United States suspended public Masses. For over two months—including Easter Sunday—most of us have been in exiled from our churches...
By Fr. Bill Peckman … I am prefacing this column with a disclaimer: The following column in no way advocates for foolhardy behavior, at-risk groups throwing caution to the wind, The post Don’t Be...
FIRST SHEPHERDS POINT TO PRESENT DAY SHEPHERDS Many believe this global pandemic, and subsequent distancing from Mass and Communion, has the hand of God on it. Or, at least, many The post Pentecost...
Farming for Faith: 3 Steps for Soil/Soul Preparation Springtime is when farmers, after a cold Winter, set out to prepare for another “planting season.” How farmers prepare the soil acts The post...