It was November 2016. My friend and I were roaming a West Side art gallery. I sneered, according to my custom, at any of the art pieces that were lazily crafted and ineffectually ambiguous — “modern,” that is. My friend, on the other hand, had
In the supernatural order, the Church, after the manner of our blessed Lord, takes hold of this permanent character of love in the order of nature and elevates the promise “I do” to the dignity of a sacrament. The love that is always expressing itself in
Behind every great man, there is a great woman, or so the saying goes. In the Church, this is often felt in the strong, steady and quiet presence of mothers and wives –– such as Our Lady, St. Monica or St. Anne. In the modern
Editor’s note: The essay first appeared Aug. 14 in the French-language newspaper Le Figaro. The English translation is reprinted here with the permission of Cardinal Robert Sarah. It has been edited for style. Doubt has taken hold of Western thought. Intellectuals and politicians alike describe the same impression
We live in a turbulent time; a time that’s similar, in some ways, to the various Reformations of 500 years ago. History, of course, doesn’t repeat itself. History is a creation of unique and unrepeatable people. So the gulf between Europe in 1521 and our
It has become increasingly common today for the lay faithful (and, to a lesser extent, deacons and priests) to openly and publicly criticize bishops, the Apostolic See and even the pope himself. This criticism usually takes place on the internet, and some, having become especially proficient
By Ave Maria Radio News Ann Arbor, Michigan, 28 May 2021 / 11:00 am A court in Hong Kong has given Catholic media tycoon Jimmy Lai an additional fourteen month prison sentence for participating in an unauthorized assembly on 1 October 2019. That assembly was
By Kresta in the Afternoon Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27 May 2021 / 9:30 pm Cardinal George Pell was falsely accused, tried, and convicted of molesting two choir boys after Mass. One of the accusers changed his story twenty-four times and the case was so weak
By Ave Maria Radio News Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27 May 2021 / 6:45 pm Sixty-seven bishops signed a letter to Archbishop José Gómez, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, requesting that he suspend discussion about “Eucharistic coherence” at the USCCB June meeting. In
If I told you that you could transform your parish culture in 5 easy steps, would you want to know how to do it? Even if it was hard, would you be willing to work at it? Would you be willing to pay a steep
