I taught and worked with Amy Coney Barrett. Here’s what people get wrong about her faith...

What Amy Coney Barrett’s ‘People of Praise’ community actually is...

Sts. Cosmas and Damian — the martyr doctors of Turkey...

Two cheers for Archbishop Cordileone...
Phil Lawler
As much as I admire Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for challenging restrictions on the Church in San Francisco... As much as I applaud him for bringing our Eucharistic Lord out onto the streets of the city... As much as I thank him for taking the lead (when so many other prelates remain silent) in insisting that religious worship is “essential activity”...

Breaking form, Pope Francis “decapitates” a cardinal — and Becciu’s exile sets a monster Vatican precedent...
Rocco Palmo
In a 2016 interview with his hometown paper, Pope Francis told La Nación one key to his governing style: "I don't cut off heads," he said. "I've never liked doing that." Yet now, the pontiff has done just that, effectively stripping one of his inner circle of the red hat in stunning, dramatic fashion. At 8pm Thursday in Rome, the Holy See Press Office slipped out a very late, one-sentence addendum to the noontime Bollettino...

The reason why this U.S. Navy destroyer flies a Jolly Roger pirate flag...

Why is the ‘handmaid’ image so important in Amy Coney Barrett coverage?
Terry Mattingly
The question for the week appears to be: Are you now, or have you ever been, a charismatic Catholic? In a land in which citizens are divided just as much by entertainment as they are by their religious and political choices, that question leads directly to cable television and a certain blue-zip-code hit focusing on, to quote IMDB, this story hook...

The sparkling story of Dom Pérignon, Benedictine monk...

Why Cardinal Becciu’s resignation wasn’t surprising...
Edward Pentin
Pope Francis’ decision to accept the resignation of Cardinal Giovanni Becciu as prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints came as little surprise and considerable relief to those involved in trying to improve Vatican finances. Plenty of dubious Vatican financial cases have emerged in recent years, and often the Sardinian prelate’s name has been in some way connected with them — closely followed by his strenuous denials.

As a teen in the 1970s I was given a wimpy, “nice” Jesus. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I actually began to read the Bible and encountered God incarnate...
Msgr. Charles Pope
When I was a teenager in the 1970s Jesus was presented in less than flattering terms, at least from my standpoint as a young man at that time. The paintings and statues of that day presented Jesus as a rather thin, willow-wisp of a man, a sort of friendly hippie who went about blessing poor people and healing the sick...

A grandfather’s advice on prayer...

President Trump announces ‘Born Alive’ executive order at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast...

Holy Eucharist and sacred art desecrated, church robbed in horrific attack at Catholic parish in Italy...

Here’s what 40 famous historical figures would look like today...

St. Thomas Aquinas on how to ensure your prayer is answered — in 4 easy steps...

There’s a virtue that only rich people can have. It’s called “magnificence” and it’s the habit of spending large sums of money well for the good of others...
John Cuddeback
To examine with Aristotle the various virtues is an eye-opening tour through the wonders of what it is to be human. For him the virtues are nothing but the ways of really living well, of living rationally with excellence. The virtue of magnificence is surprising. It is a habit of spending large sums of money well for the good of others. Particularly interesting is that it is possible only for the wealthy...

Trump and Biden campaigns intensify religious outreach efforts — with a focus on Catholics...