The blessings and woes we hear in today's Gospel mark the perfection of all the wisdom of the Old Testament. That wisdom is summed up with marvelous symmetry in today's First Reading and Ps ...

“The Shepherd Psalm”, it says that we should keep our focus on the He of Psalms 23, which means to keep your eyes on the Shepherd. Psalms 23 is one of the most comforting, poetic songs that ...

In a statement issued Wednesday, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed concern that many provisions contained in Trump’s orders “are ...

A Jan. 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a religious leader who addressed President Donald Trump at an inaugural prayer service is part of the Catholic Church. “SHOCKING ...

23 January, 1983 Birth of Nara Lokesh, son of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, continuing the family's political legacy.

In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder that Catholics are eligible for special indulgences this year. Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time ...

Some of the psalms take it a little further, like the pastoral idyll of Psalm 22/23. Jesus is very unusual in both imagining heaven and going into details, from the Last Judgment to the many ...

Whenever and wherever you travel in the Holy Land, and especially in the Holy City you see billboards and kiosks, signs and posters inviting and beseeching all to “Pray for the peace of ...