The Sacrifice of the Mass A friend of mine who belongs to an evangelical Church was asking me about the Mass. She read a quote from Hebrews which seemed to say that the Mass could not be a sacrifice.

Should We Teach Kids about Porn’s Harms? Yes, and Here’s How. Children all over the world begin viewing hard-core Internet pornography long before their parents even consider discussing its dangers.

Ignatian Spirituality Today It is just five hundred years since his birth in 1491 at the Castle of Loyola, Spain.

Saint James, Patron of Pilgrims This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking staff, as if taking a momentary pause from an arduous journey.

Excommunication can be a frightening word. E.x.c.o.m.m.u.n.i.c.a.t.i.o.n. The reality is no less grave. We’ve all seen that arresting scene from the movie Becket, when the titular archbishop ...

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

The Spiritual and Psychological Value of Frequent Confession Judging by the drastic drop in confessions in countries like the United States, the false opinion is gaining ground that Confession is not ...

The Church’s liturgy gives the answer in prayer and significant gesture; it outlines it in advance in the four questions that inquire into the readiness of the candidates and thus pace off the ...

On Complaining Shortly after I converted to the Catholic Faith in 1986, I attended three retreats given by Fr. John Hardon, SJ, who was Mother Teresa’s spiritual director whenever she was in North ...

The Virtue of Obedience We live in a turbulent time; a time that’s similar, in some ways, to the various Reformations of 500 years ago.

Well, there’s no Catholic uniform (at least apart from school plaid). An early Christian of the second century said as much when writing a letter to Diognetus: “With regard to dress, food and manner ...

That is, what we ought to do is based on what we are. “Thou shalt not kill,” for instance, is based on the real value of human life and the need to preserve it. “Thou shalt not commit adultery” is ...