Note from the Managing Editor and the Assistant Managing Editor:

Whatever the specifics of the pope's statements, many a Catholic — even those eager to interpret Francis as charitably as possible — have, since 2013, often scratched their heads trying to decipher what, exactly, the Holy Father means.

"This cathedral is a place of worship, that is its only purpose."

Some general thoughts regarding petitions for laicization, and a specific critique of Father Jonathan Morris' recent public statements.

There are burdens, often undeserved, that accompany every path in life. The priesthood is no exception, and the burdens of our life are not without blessings.

Each year I concelebrate with hundreds of other priests in the ordination Mass of new priests.

In a remarkably frank and detailed speech, the Vatican official heading the department charged with reviewing clergy sexual abuse allegations said that his investigators and the press “share the same goal, which is the protection of minors, and we have the same wish to leave the world a little better than how we found it."

It is clear by these teenage boys' first reactions to the Latin Mass that the traditional Liturgy is quite effective in reaching the youth.

Christianity is about something that no other religions is about: the historical incarnation of the Son of God, who took flesh of the Blessed Virgin and became Man.

We may fittingly meditate on this most fundamental of all of the mysteries of the Christian faith, the Most Holy Trinity, with the aid of Russian iconographer Andrei Rublev's Trinity icon.

Has the Catholic Church been infiltrated by anti-Catholic forces intent on its destruction?

Human life begins at conception. But how and what begins embryonic development?

In the understanding now settling in the Democratic party, that "right to abortion" is not confined to a pregnancy. Rather, that right now extends beyond the pregnancy and entails nothing less than a right to kill a child born alive.

If adopted by enough of his fellow justices, this view could result in more past decisions being overruled, perhaps including the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

By a margin of 7-2, the Supreme Court determined that a large Roman cross, known as the Peace Cross, could remain on public land and be maintained by the state.

If there is one thing few of us really question, it is the quality of our love.

"The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life."

Beyond NFP instruction and catechesis, I want to help walk you from overwhelmed, under served, and isolated to supported, informed, and thriving along your NFP journey.

It not only means the world to me that my parents are still together, but in so many ways, it constitutes the world — my world.

I write this today, Father's Day, for two reasons: to give hope to those who have lost children, whether by miscarriage or possibly abortion, and to remind us that many times men are the forgotten suffering units in this equation.

One way to end some arguments used for certain causes would be simply to follow the argument to its logical conclusion.