What are the antidotes? One of the antidotes is the Catholic parish system.

Rod Dreher's "The Benedict Option" is valuable for the conversations it has ignited, reviewer John D. O'Brien, S.J. writes. But its premise is flawed history and its pessimism ignores the rich possibilities of Christian faith, he says.

It is an awful thing — a blasphemous thing, a sacrilegious thing — to massacre people at prayer, as ISIL did on Palm Sunday in Egypt, killing more than 40 Coptic Orthodox at two churches, including the cathedral in Alexandria.

Tips for those seeking faithfulness.

Determining the precise meaning of the pastoral guidance in "Amoris laetitia" (AL) for the reception of Holy Communion is not the real crisis facing the Church. 

What bothers me is reducing Christmas to a level so low, so banal, that the great Christian feast is offensive to precisely no one. 

Québec, a flourishing Catholic region for centuries, is now Catholicism's empty quarter in the Western Hemisphere.

Here's something I believe: If Catholicism is true, then it should change us.

For almost 20 years, Chalice has been giving hope to families through education, improved nutrition and medical care. 

In many ways the courtroom resembles a church, or at least what a church should be.