The upcoming election is a time for Christians to remember St. Paul’s call to focus on heavenly things, for to put trust in “princes” will lead to inevitable disappointment. Continue Reading »
David Bonagura joins the podcast to discuss his new book Jerome’s Tears. Continue Reading »
From Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur's witness through the trials of illness to the work of Julia Greeley for the poor, remarkable contributions by ordinary Catholic women are coming to light. Continue Reading »
From Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur's witness through the trials of illness to the work of Julia Greeley for the poor, remarkable contributions by ordinary Catholic women are coming to light. Continue Reading »
From Élisabeth Arrighi Leseur's witness through the trials of illness to the work of Julia Greeley for the poor, remarkable contributions by ordinary Catholic women are coming to light. Continue Reading »
Mother Cabrini's mission was to give people hope through charity for the body and the soul. Continue Reading »
Living within a stone’s throw of the nation’s leading collection of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood art housed at the Delaware Art Museum, I was familiar with Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s art but not his poetry. I therefore appreciate having been enlightened by Brian Patrick Eha’s “Rossetti the . . . . Continue Reading »
Whereas John F. Kennedy encouraged Americans to view his Catholic faith as a private matter, Joe Biden has made his faith a defining element of his public identity. Biden wears a rosary bracelet, casually crosses himself during conversations with foreign dignitaries, and likes to conclude speeches . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s a poem by John Donne that makes a presence of an absence; his absent love becomes as real to the speaker and more fully his than if she were present. This could illustrate what Katherine Rundell wants us to see in the work of John Donne, seventeenth-century metaphysical poet and preacher, . . . . Continue Reading »
Joseph Ratzinger, better known as Pope Benedict XVI, stepped down from the papal ministry in 2013. But before he did, he began drafting an encyclical on the nature of Christian faith. His goal was to finish his ongoing thoughts on the three theological virtues—faith, hope, and . . . . Continue Reading »
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