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Matt Fradd on the four last things: death, judgement, Heaven, and Hell.

Prayers like Psalm 88 indicate God's understanding: he knows how people speak when they're desperate; he identifies with us in our suffering.

The Bible tells us to pray constantly, but that sometimes seems impossible with our chaotic lives.

In the past year, I've heard more frequently than ever before from people who are interested in building an altar for their home, or who have already done so.

"If Hollywood may host a studio audience ... while not a single soul may enter California's churches, synagogues, and mosques," writes Justice Neil Gorsuch, "something has gone seriously awry."

The devil hates light, as it reminds him of Jesus, the "Light of the World."

Babies start laughing before they can speak, and this delicious sound just may serve as a powerful source of human communication and connection, says psychology researcher Caspar Addyman.

News has spread in recent days in many media outlets about the possible murder of 750 people in an assault on the Orthodox Church of St Mary of Zion (Maryam Tsiyon) in Aksum last November.

Last week Pope Francis took another step to dismantle the edifice of teaching on marriage left to the Church by his predecessor, Pope John Paul II.

House Joint Resolution 5 would amend the Iowa state constitution to clarify that it "does not recognize, grant, or secure a right to abortion or require the public funding of abortion."

There's a battle brewing within the US bishops' conference, and it could be a boon to the faithful.

I agree with those who argued last year that the primary responsibility for effective Catholic witness in public life rests with lay Catholics.

On Thursday, President Biden issued a sweeping order that repealed the Mexico City Policy and restored funding to UNFPA.

The position of the Biden administration on several key questions suggests that U.S. bishops may increasingly find themselves defending their basic sense of scientific reality over the next four years, quite apart from any insistence on religious liberty protections.

The state's proposed new ethnic studies curriculum is even worse than you imagined.

The current chaos in the streets can be seen as a spontaneous outburst of pent-up anger, or it can be seen as the result of a long campaign to engender anger by cultivating narratives of bigotry and victimhood.

For the historian, as for the philosopher, the quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns is being superseded by a quarrel between the Moderns and the Postmoderns.

Christian marriage is a lifelong commitment oriented to God. If you're thinking about marriage, consider how to identify a worthy Christian spouse — then, become that person.

Every parent has dreams. We can't lie. Some of us want their son to be a bishop, some want him to be a great discoverer, some want a daughter to be a doctor, or a child to be the best pitcher in the country.