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The film Conclave  dramatizes what the word means: Catholic cardinals who gather to choose a new pope.   What the film fails to convey is...

Alien Activist?    ‘As aliens, live in reverent fear’ (1 Pet 1:17)    Christian truth is relevant to everyone. We’ve a deeply satisfying...

Author’s Note: Our words must line up with how things are, especially in regard to sexual identity. Language empowers or devalues truth....

‘Something is true not because the Church teaches it. The Church teaches something because it is true,’ as quoted by Fr. Paul Check. A...

If I were an LGBTQ+-identified person, I would be mad. How can Pope Francis bless me as ‘one born that way, God made me that way, and the...

‘We cannot separate the masculine and the feminine from God’s work of creation, which is prior to all our decisions and experiences, and...

‘I will pour out on you a spirit of grace and supplication… We will look upon the One we have pierced and will mourn as one grieves for...

Rousing Her Gently, Firmly ‘Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for Her, to make Her holy,...

Living Truth ‘You are Peter, and on this Rock, I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.’ (Matt. 16:18)....

Contending for Transformation ‘Jesus is a foe of any kind of fatalistic mindset that reduces His creation to something less than what He...

Free Fall ‘Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, for their Defender is strong; He will take...

How Did We Get Here? ‘The distortion of the beautiful is the self-irony of lost truth.’ - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Sociologists marvel...

Peace Like a River ‘The hope of Christianity, the prospect of faith is ultimately based quite simply on the fact that it tells the...

Radiant Jesus Prepares Us for Himself We come into being through the spousal union of man and woman, and we are redeemed by that...

Dear Pope Francis, I just returned from a Living Waters group where Jesus is healing broken lives aspiring to chastity. My co-teacher...

Dear Pope Francis, Thank you for championing the oppressed; you help create level ground on which they regain footing and dignity. As the...

Dear Pope Francis, You exemplify a father who draws near to sons and daughters to dignify them. You encourage us to aspire to more, to...

By Marco Casanova Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of...

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...