Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.

The Shroud of Turin is the most studied icon in the history of humankind. For over a hundred years, the Shroud has been scrutinized by every scientific discipline. The Shroud is a linen cloth showing ...

Did you know that the institution we know as the hospital is entirely an invention of the Catholic Church? Well, it was. The ancient world had all the material ingredients needed for such an ...

If you pick up an old Catholic prayer book, you’ll probably see the term “Ember Days.” It’s probably an unfamiliar term for Catholics in the United States today, and for good reason: they were ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a “purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven,” which is experienced by those “who die in God’s grace ...

This week begins the Church’s month of the dead. We remember those who have died, and this should stimulate us to keep our own deaths in mind. With All Souls’ Day approaching, I wish to focus on the ...

“Remember, man, you are dust, and to dust you shall return” (see Gen. 3:19). As a child, I remember this sobering invocation every year on Ash Wednesday, as our parish priests marked our foreheads ...

Thanks be to God, not every evil action is mortally sinful. So how do we know which is which? Just as there are three ingredients in evaluating a moral action (the object, intention, and circumstances ...

Valerie Tarico is a psychologist and atheist whose writings are very critical of Christianity. In her essay “God’s Emotions” in the anthology The End of Christianity, she argues that emotions are a ...

The Counsel of Trent is a popular podcast featuring Trent Horn where he helps Catholics answer the toughest objections against our faith. Every episode of The Counsel of Trent provides listeners with ...

Cardinals are gathering in Rome to prepare to elect the next pope. They’ve scheduled Pope Francis’s funeral for this Saturday. The preparatory sessions for the next papal conclave have begun. At a ...

The brown scapular is one of the most recognizable sacramentals in Catholic life. Millions of Catholics have worn the small pieces of brown cloth as a sign of devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Yet ...