Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Ash Wednesday 2026: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2026, like in...
Can I be real with you for a second? Right now, we are in what I like to call the “dark ages.” Those delicious Thanksgiving meals are long behind us, Christmas decorations are in the (smelly...
“I believe.” Those are the words echoed in unison by the Party of Mike, Dustin, Will, Lucas, and Max, as they close the door on the nine and a half year run of “Stranger Things,” which came to a...
The Church honors many inspiring men and women throughout the liturgical year. October is a particularly spectacular month, as the Church shows off an amazing collection of feast days and memorials...
Francesco Guardi, “The Sacrifice of Isaac,” ca. 1750-1759, Cleveland Museum of Art
COMMENTARY: Islam is a mixture of affirming, as well as denying, those...
Charles Zech attends a Philadelphia Phillies game in an undated photo.
The professor founded and led the Center for Church Management at Villanova University,
People stand in Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral on Feb. 12, 2023.
White evangelical Protestants and U.S. Catholics were the most likely to report that clergy...
As tensions between the United States and Cuba intensify, the Vatican is showing greater attention to the situation, with one top official condemning a logic of confrontation and the use of...
Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on May 25, a document on the care of human dignity in the era of AI, the...
Instead of fireworks and barbecues alone, we can thank God for His blessings, ask forgiveness for our sins as a nation, and pray for a future rooted in Christ.