A crucifix is silhouetted against a stained-glass window in this illustration photo. (Credit: Mike Crupi/Catholic Courier via CNS.) Listen As we continue our walk through the Church’s month of the ...
Currently, I am in the middle of a sermon series called “The Church.” In this series we are thinking about some of the metaphors the Bible uses to help us understand what it means to be part of “The ...
The Gospels during Advent gives Catholics the familiar picture of Jesus warning his disciples of the end times and, ultimately, the Last Judgment. The Church has traditionally reminded its members ...
Harrowing. As a Lyme disease survivor — as one who lived with chronic Lyme for only 10 months — that is how I would describe Ross Douthat’s book The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery. My ...
The first day of Lent is perhaps the busiest day of the year for Dahlgren Chapel. Far more Hoyas come to Mass on Ash Wednesday than attend weekly Sunday service, even though only the latter is morally ...
(RNS) — Holy Week is a time to remember that what Jesus suffered is still going on in our world today. (RNS) — During Holy Week, we are called to keep our eyes on Jesus as he follows the path that ...
Instead, we are relationally constituted; I am now in Christ. Therefore, I am able to more fully love myself since this ...
Readings: Matthew 21:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippian 2:6-11 Mathew 26:14, 27:66 Palm Sunday is the most disjointed day of the church’s year. Its liturgy begins so joyfully only to conclude most woefully ...
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Advent celebrates God with the suffering, so we must be with them too

In many of India's states, Christians continue to struggle under increasing restrictions and persecution. While many ...
Lessons I’ve learned in praying for and working with the Chinese church. Last week, a friend asked me to meet for coffee. She is a young mother, and after seeing the now-world-famous image of a young ...
Cardinal George Pell is pictured during the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican in this Oct. 16, 2014, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) PHOENIX (CNS) — Australian Cardinal ...