Father Doyle fields questions about the “strange wording” in the “Hail, Holy Queen” prayer and who created COVID-19.

Heartbreaking as this experience is for the Class of 2020—and it is—I also find the Class of 2020 intriguing and inspiring.

My hats go off to all graduates of all grades everywhere. In surviving this, you have gained wisdom, skill sets, patience and appreciation that will guide you everywhere you go.

As we mark the centenary of the birth of Karol Wojtyla, who became St. John Paul II, it caused me to reflect on moments of my life that intersected with the man who was pope for a great chunk of my life and career in Catholic journalism.

I finally got my hands on some years, and I made homemade pizza this week.

We do not live in a morally neutral universe. Good and evil, life and death, do contend with each other.

May we indeed persevere, in this and in every time of trial, so that one day we may reign with Christ in the presence of Mary Our Queen.

Rather than connecting some pop culture offering of this moment, I want to promote The Chosen because I want to promote Jesus and discipleship.

Robyn Barberry shares poetic thoughts.

What if carving out a few minutes every day to look back on the day with gratitude weren’t a requirement, but a special gift to yourself?