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"Whatever you ask in my name, I will do"

Ronda Chervin

Christ tells us to ask him for all things.

If 2+2=4, Then God Exists

Christopher Kaczor

Aristotle, Anselm, Aquinas, Liebniz, and William Lane Craig provide famous ...

Joseph and Discovering a Deeper Work

John Cuddeback

It is notable and even arresting how often our best efforts meet with failure—or at least what seems...

A Marian or a Feminist Church?

Casey Chalk

The New Testament begins with a story about a humble young woman who willingly submits to the will o...

The Spiritual Life: A Personal Vocation

Simone Rizkallah

There is a lingering experience of anxiety which I believe is a particularly Christian one. It conce...

Our Lady of Guadalupe: the stories behind the stor…

Phil Lawler

The Twelve Apostles, inspired by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, drew thousands to the Christian faith...

The Living Tabernacle of the Lord

Sister Mary Jean Dorcy

Mary's office as Mother of God was fixed from all eternity.

Why Do We "Practice" the Faith?

David G. Bonagura Jr.

We all know the term. "John is a practicing Catholic." "Susan practices the faith." But what do we m...

The Peace That Comes from the Forgiveness of Sins

Father d’Elbée

Another fruit of peace is equilibrium of soul.

Are You Discerning from Scarcity or Abundance?

Kerri Christopher

How a Christian worldview informs our approach.

How to Feel Pain

David Warren

"Here we touch on something important," said Joseph Ratzinger, concluding an address in 1990:

Believing in Mercy

Father d’Elbée

This marvelous parable gives us a fundamental lesson about education.

The Upper Room: A Beautiful New Christian Understa…

Mark Judge

What if this feeling never goes away?

No One Envies Those Who Suffer

Carrie Gress

In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the Bennett family faces the gravest of circumstances whe...

The Spirit's Strength

Ven. Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan

Infinitely good Lord, you know my heart and my weaknesses.

Confused about public apologies for the past? I'm not.

Jeff Mirus

It seems that an apology is demanded whenever some horrendous wrong is discovered to have been committed in the distant past by Catholic priests and religious, on the one hand, and/or agents of the State, on the other hand.

The Beauty and Education Offered by Cemeteries

Theodore Dalrymple

Since my adolescence I have loved churchyards and cemeteries.

Editorials of Interest

Caryll Houselander: There is no want of faith in fear of death

The Imaginative Conservative

I do know all about the terrible depression you speak of, as I suffer from it too, and have done so ever since I was nine years old or so, on and off; and I realize that while the attack lasts, nothing can either stop it or relieve it.
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PODCAST: The Story of Someone Who Changed His Mind

Honestly with Bari Weiss

Paul Kingsnorth converted from a practicing Buddhist and Wiccan to an Orthodox Christian—and here explains why he intentionally "regressed."
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VIDEO: Matt Fradd and Dr. Gerry Crete

Pints with Aquinas

Relieving post-traumatic stress and calming anxiety through healing our parts.
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Where Is the Laughter?

The Catholic Thing

Shared events and meals are sometimes awkward, sometimes tedious, often full of bustle and busyness, clatter and cleaning, but more than anything, they should be punctuated by laughter, the kind of laughter that comes from safety and comfort and connection.
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