With fewer wakes, and with fewer clergy attending them, aren’t we missing out on a vital pastoral dimension of funerals?

While I hardly propose returning to the two-to-three-week expectation — as laudable as I consider that — I do wonder if we are now waiting way too long to baptize our babies.

Throughout Carlson’s interview with Putin, truth was nowhere to be found.

The mission of the Catholic press to share Christ’s truth with the world has never been more critical.

Many Eastern Christians — both Catholic and Orthodox — set the tone for the penitential season of Lent by observing another tradition: Forgiveness Sunday.

Maybe it’s my turn to think of someone each day to turn to and say, “Just checking in. How are you doing?”

The season of Lent is an ideal time to grow in the spiritual life. Here are five great reads to help you on your way.

As we express our sorrow to God this Lent for the ways that our lives do not reflect his plan for us, it can be important to make sure our “I’m sorrys” have all the components of sincere remorse.

The practice of administering Holy Communion by intinction — i.e., where the minister dips the host in the precious blood, which the communicant then receives on the tongue — is certainly “legal” and is an established option for receiving communion under both kinds.

Christ’s cross makes sense of our own, hence the universal appeal of popular devotions like the Stations of the Cross.