Zero at the Bone By Christian Wiman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023) Despair hits differently at different times, and sometimes what hits isn’t despair, but a...
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This summer, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will host the National Eucharistic Congress as part of its year-long Eucharistic Revival, meant to...
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Pope Francis’ recent declaration, Fiducia Supplicans (On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings), has garnered much attention around the globe, including everything...
As a history student at the University of Iowa, Evan Hudson did not expect his recreational experimentation with opioids to have long-term consequences. But...
Readings (Year B): Acts 4:8 – 12Psalms 118:1, 8 – 9, 21 – 23, 26, 28, 291 John 3:1 – 2John 10:11 – 18 Reflection: Is Jesus truly...
The Tridentine Mass, often referred to as the “Latin Mass” (though this is a misnomer, as there is usually some vernacular involved, especially in the form of...
The Vatican recently released Dignitas Infinita (Declaration on the Dignity of the Human Person). After the introductory sections, the document addresses...
From Hebrew scriptures to contemporary television, from Medieval manuscripts to Victorian greeting cards, angels loom large in the collective imagination of...