Yesterday, Palm Sunday, we welcomed Jesus, waving palm fronds in a reenactment of Christ’s jubilant entrance into Jerusalem. This week will be full of reenactments from Jesus’ last week on earth, culminating with a jubilant
Catholic priests may now grant absolution to penitents who confess to having procured an abortion. Let me explain: Yes, abortion is still gravely wrong. Abortion--having one, performing one, or paying for one--is a mortal sin
Can a Catholic be cremated? Yes, but... The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new instruction Tuesday morning, October 25, explaining the rules and the underlying theology regarding Catholic burials. I
I love to sing at Mass. Recalling an adage attributed to St. Augustine, I believe that he who sings, prays twice. From my vantage point in the third row, I want Jesus–waiting and listening from
Today Catholics celebrate the Memorial of the Queenship of the Virgin Mary. Is this some idiosyncratic idea, unique to the Catholic Church? No. Pope Pius XII established August 22 as the Memorial of the Queenship
In May 2015, Mark Judge published a column over at RealClearReligion titled "Why I Left the Catholic Church." Judge, a columnist at The Daily Caller and the author of A Tremor of Bliss: Sex, Catholicism, and
“I looked up at the great basilica, and I had two reactions: First, I appreciated its beauty and reverence; but then I thought, ‘What corruption caused someone to spend so much on this building when
Sunday’s coming. Where will you be? I got into a discussion recently with some good Catholic friends about going to church on Sunday. To my surprise, several of them had recently failed to fulfill their
Priests wear chasubles. Deacons wear dalmatics. My own husband is a deacon, so I already know that. An awful lot of Catholics don’t know, though, how to tell the difference between the liturgical attire for
A prenuptial agreement is a contract signed by two parties, specifying how personal property will be divided after the marriage ends. And since the Catholic Church teaches that a sacramental marriage cannot be dissolved, never
