A Catholic Mom’s Tips to Avoid Mom ‘Burnout’

I saw a t-shirt that read “Moms are Superheroes” and it made me laugh. Regular day-to-day responsibilities, obligations and obstacles, plus the relentless demands of parenthood typically …

The Good News: Redemption is on hand for mankind

How about this for the proudest boast ever: “The Father and I are one.” (Jn10:30) Still, Scripture readers should not be surprised at Christ’s claim. The very first line of St. …

The Prominence of St. Peter

Trivia Question: What was Jesus’ last miracle? No, no, not his Resurrection; let’s leave that grand event to God the Father. Actually during his public lifetime Jesus worked 37 miracles, …

Retrospect on a Pontificate

A single white rose sits on the tomb of Pope Francis in Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major early April 27, 2025.

During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., as Benedict’s successor …

Eastertide is Almost Here!

The best time of the year is almost here! As the weather begins to get warmer, the sunshine sticks around longer and Spring starts to blossom, Catholics get to celebrate 50 whole days of Easter! …

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Carlo Acutis, who was born in 1991 in London and died in 2006 in Monza, Italy.

Pedestal deserved: Carlo Acutis’ digital authenticity

For someone for whom the idea of a celebrity culture putting people on an undeserved pedestal was distasteful, it’s a bit ironic that he’s been put on a pedestal himself. In the case of …

Where Do You Draw The ‘Mercy Line’?

Where do you draw the line—the “mercy line?” The mercy line marks the point beyond which, in your view, mercy should NOT be offered to a person: If you do such-and-such a …

We must exercise Divine Mercy and with Jesus’ love we can counter the enemy within

By Father John Maria Devaney, O.P. On April 30, 2000, during the last ordinary jubilee year the Church celebrated, Pope St. John Paul II canonized a young Polish religious sister named Sister …

The Pope Shows us the Power of the Anointing of the Sick

For weeks the faithful waited to hear news of Pope Francis’s well-being. Prayers, novenas, rosaries and Masses were all offered for his health. Several times it seemed like he would not …

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