"Great crowds were traveling with Jesus and he turned and addressed...

Father Robert Schoenstene, S.S.L., is Assistant Professor, Departme...

Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...

Greetings! In this special edition of my column, I’m going to try t...

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Q: The American church is sometimes said to see its own issues as u...

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Feast Day: November 17 Elizabeth was born in 1207, and was the da...

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Feast Day: Oct. 11 Patron Saint of: exiles and sick people Sophi...

Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...

There’s a movie coming out about someone called “Pope Joan.” My tea...

Feast Day: Sept. 18 Patron Saint of: aviation, astronauts, people w...

"On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go ac...

Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...

This month, I want to take another look at the issue of faith in Ch...

In the last issue, we looked at free will and how God’s knowing eve...

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Feast Day: June 5 Patron saint: of Germany and the Netherlands, br...

Q. As the number of clergy decrease, how do you see the role of the...

Do we really know who we are in Christ?  Do we really understa...

As we discussed last month, we are all in the process of becoming p...

Feast day: May 5 Patron saint: of France Canonized: precongregati...