What could be more familiar than the Christmas story — and yet what could be more extraordinary?

The devil's strategy consists in his sowing the seeds of hatred of the light so that, in the slaying of the man Jesus, the inconceivable — deicide — is at length accomplished....

From time to time I will have someone come to see me who thinks they are demon possessed.

Divine Providence is my favorite topic to address to a classroom of students or to a congregation of the faithful.

In a wonderful 1991 address on "Conscience and Truth," then-Cardinal Ratzinger mentioned a comment a senior colleague had made to him to the effect that one should actually be grateful to God that He allows there to be so many unbelievers in good conscience.

With regard to turning out right, which is what we all hope for despite all our failures, purgatory plays an important part here.  

A hymn I knew as a child says of the holy ones: 

If Christ is growing in you, you are growing towards sacrifice. 

This synod badly failed Pope Francis' bold vision for the Church in 11 distinct ways. 

Three factors that set the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church apart from all other religions and sects.