Mother Cabrini is the subject of “Cabrini,” a new film from Angel Studios directed by Alejandro Monteverde scheduled for nationwide release March 8.
Author Flannery O’Connor shared her faith through fiction
Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords.
Humpty Dumpty, blessings and the masters of meaning
As the flurry of distressed reactions to this declaration reminds us, the Catholic vision of marriage, family life, and human sexuality exists in a secular environment that regards the faith with profound hostility.
Leveling hierarchical distinctions while further clericalizing the laity
The synod’s more immediate goal was the less dramatic, but in the long run arguably more significant, objective of cutting back on clergy-only hierarchy.
U.S. politics badly needs an infusion of decency and idealism via Aquinas
Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.
Synodality: Speaking freely will be the key
I prefer to wait for the synod to happen before passing final judgment on either its process or its product.
What the papacy of John Paul I, ‘The September Pope,’ could have looked like
Besides getting a pope with a great smile and a winning demeanor, the cardinals who elected him Aug. 26, 1978, unwittingly picked a man with health issues that only 33 days later would lead to his death, making his pontificate one of the shortest ever.