The Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, California, is astonishing. From the outside, it appears as though a spaceship decided to land on the banks of Lake Merritt, while the interior reminds the visitor of an upside-down boat. Maple-stained…
Today’s women tend to struggle to wrap their minds around what it even means to be a woman — something Carrie Gress, author of The Anti-Mary Exposed and The End of Woman, believes can be fixed by turning to the…
Step inside the Bishop McCort Catholic High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, located almost 70 miles east of Pittsburgh, and there are palpable examples of how faith figures into the educational experience of highly motivated students with ambitions for college. There’s…
Without the Resurrection, said the Apostle Paul, our faith is in vain. Easter, of course, celebrates the Resurrection of Christ. Other than the birth of Christ commemorated at Christmas, no other day is as sacred to Christians as Easter Sunday….
Previously underappreciated ancient liturgies are making a comeback. One such liturgy? Tenebrae. In the Diocese of Columbus, home to 280,000 Catholics, some 14 parishes (including St. Joseph Cathedral) will celebrate some version of Tenebrae this year. I can remember a…
As I write this, the procession of the recumbent Christ passes through the streets of the town that has welcomed me every summer, over in the northwest of Spain. It is the procession of the Holy Burial. The Divine Offices…
When Pope Francis announced last July that he would create 21 new cardinals, longtime Vatican watcher John L. Allen Jr. immediately noted the significant number of “papabili” — possible papal candidates — on the list. Of these candidates, Allen noted…
“Holy Week is a small pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” said Fr. Juan María Solana, LC, director of the Magdala Center in St. Mary Magdalene’s hometown of Migdal, Israel. “It’s accompanying Jesus more or less in a chronological and geographical…
In a recent interview with Jason Whitlock, social commentator Pearl Davis admitted that she’s recently begun reconsidering her childhood Catholic faith because she’s concluded that the Church may elevate Mary, the Mother of God, too much. On today’s episode of The…
