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The morning the impending closure of the domestic bureaus of Catholic News Service was announced May 4 began like many others over the years. I had received an email from CNS staffer Carol Zimmermann …
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By JOHN WOODS
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5/18/22
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It’s springtime, and for many Catholics that means it’s the season for sacraments, especially first Communion. It’s a time of preparation and prayer, of observing beloved traditions and …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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5/18/22
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ROME—Catholic journalists around the world are now able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite killed at the Dachau concentration camp in 1942, was …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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5/18/22
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La Iglesia, guiada por el Espíritu Santo, es plenamente consciente de la novedad traída por Cristo. La salvación, como dice el apóstol Pablo, nos viene por la fe en Jesucristo, y no por el …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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5/18/22
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May holds up for us two towering features of our faith: Jesus, our Good Shepherd; and Mary, His Mother. In fact, this year, we rejoiced in both figures, as Mother’s Day occurred on Good Shepherd …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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5/18/22
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Father George Sears, the director of vocations for the archdiocese, said the new regional approach to priestly vocations …
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By JOHN WOODS
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5/4/22
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On April 23, I had the privilege to spend the day with 700 high schoolers at our archdiocese’s “New York …
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By Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Espaillat
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5/4/22
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I recently did a search of my past Life Lines columns to find something I wrote here six years ago: “Sometimes … more
By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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5/4/22
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Hemos dicho que la moral no puede quedarse en el planteamiento de principios abstractos con pretensión …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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5/4/22
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What if there are not one but two chasms that divide Americans today? One chasm separates the reds and blues, the ideologically conservative …
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By GREG ERLANDSON
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5/4/22
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Sharon Tate was a young, ambitious reporter working for a struggling local newspaper. Like many recently . …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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4/27/22
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Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia …
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By JOHN WOODS
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4/20/22
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A shadow lies over Easter this year, dimming, in a way, the light …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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4/20/22
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In both the Roman and Byzantine liturgical calendars, Lent …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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4/20/22
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La verdad se nos revela, sobre todo, en el acto de juzgar. Aristóteles …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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4/20/22
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While serving as Pastor in the Bronx, I had the privilege of knowing a very devout and prayerful woman. Her name was Virginia. Ginny, as she liked to be called, was a retired nurse. Ninety years …
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By AUXILIARY BISHOP JOHN S. BONNICI
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4/20/22
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Puedo compartir una historia del velorio de Mamá que podría ayudarnos apreciar y comprender mejor el significado de los eventos sagrados que observamos en esta Semana Santa? Fue de ayuda para mí. …
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Por Cardenal Timothy M. Dolan
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4/20/22
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With Lent turning toward Holy Week and Easter, this is a time of year many people like to take up some spiritual reading. I would like to suggest “On Second Thoughts: A Book of Stories” by Father …
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By JOHN WOODS
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4/6/22
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We are nearing the end of our 40-day pilgrimage through Lent, but the truth is that we are on a pilgrimage that never ends. Our entire spiritual life is pilgrimage, and while our destination (eternal …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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4/6/22
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Matt Martinusen lost his job at a precarious time. He was the sole breadwinner, and his wife, Lisa, a stay-at-home mom, had just had their third baby.
The non-profit Matt had been working for was …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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4/6/22
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