Perhaps one of the most difficult teachings of the Church is about herself—that the Church is holy.

Those who have suffered much—especially in the loss of loved ones—often find that Christmas renews and even intensifies the suffering.

Jesus is the only final safety we have in the world.

The Gospel witness of the Sisters of Life reminds us that, amid all the talk of what's wrong with the Church, there is an eternal goodness that will last forever.

While a book like John Rist's is diminished by its flaws, it's not entirely unfair about our current moment.

I don't need to tell you that life is hard. The older you are, the better you know this.

A longstanding men's group brings community, stability to Poughkeepsie, New York parish.

How precisely might someone go about showing that he had authority, mastery, and power over substances? Bear with me: this is an important question.

Apologies, but I am going to mention a television show, not to praise it or blame it, but simply because it portrays an interesting, troubling character.

In the period immediately preceding the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council and, even more so, in the post-Conciliar period, the Church's canonical discipline was called into question at its very foundations.