In today’s episode, we focus on details in all three of the main readings for this upcoming Third Sunday of Easter, Year C. The details that come from the first reading, which is taken from Acts ...

One alternative, purely natural explanation for the disciples’ claim to have seen Jesus after his death is grief-induced hallucinations. In these cases, a person misses his deceased loved one so much ...

“Our profession of faith begins with God, for God is the First and the Last, the beginning and the end of everything.” – Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 198. What we believe matters. Much ...

Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." And with that he breathed on them and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not ...

One of Mary's titles is "Christ's First Disciple," and some of Christ's earliest followers were women, two of whom he appeared to first after his resurrection. Now, some 2,000 years later, another ...

Renewing Catholic discipleship and the Catholic understanding of fellowship flowing from the Eucharist are key to revitalizing Catholic belief in Jesus’ Real Presence. Above, Bishop Steven Lopes ...

Earlier, I answered Melanie Bettinelli’s post on the challenge of communal feast day observances with a calendar: Here’s what we do to observe the liturgical year at our house. If you read through my ...

Author Sherry Weddell’s book shows how Catholics must “drop their nets” My friends know that I appreciate candor, and that I can be frank to a fault. I don’t tolerate it well when everyone in the room ...

That the feasts of the apostles enjoy special significance in the liturgy is evident from their high rank; moreover, until 1955 they were introduced by a vigil, and in times past they had been ...

I think it is time to be pugnaciously honest about something: Whatever we may say about cultural adaptation in presenting the Catholic Faith to the world, the one undeniable fact is that, compared ...