Faith Matters

The fact that human life is sacred, and that each human being has dignity, provides a basis for our response.

“The salvation of souls must always be the supreme law in the Church."

The gospel of Jesus Christ, to which we all strive to bear witness in our personal and professional lives, is the gospel of life and the gospel of welcome.

During the first three centuries of Christianity, Christians faced many dangers and difficulties, enduring persecutions from both Jewish and Roman leaders.

Many of the critiques leveled against the Eucharistic Revival in the United States have focused on the prominence of eucharistic adoration to the renewal effort.

When people ask how to grow in their Catholic faith and in their life of prayer, my advice is: start going to daily Mass.

Discussions of the doctrine of the Real Presence within the Church risk a temptation.

What, exactly, do the Sacrament of Penance and God’s mercy have in common?

The moral life consists of people choosing actions and developing virtues that enable them to pursue their own good and the good of others so that they may enter into communion with God, their Supreme Good.

“What can I do to promote the mission of the Church amid all the confusion present in the Church and in society?” ...

Saint Hippolytus of Rome, the second-century Christian bishop and martyr, tells a story that cannot but swells hearts of all Christian women and men.

On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that invented a “constitutional right” to abortion.

A major challenge facing the Church is the growing hostility of our culture to the teachings of Christianity on the nature of God’s creation and on His plan for man and woman as stewards of that creation.

Dr. Alice von Hildebrand, widow of the towering 20th-century philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand and herself a renowned philosophy professor and author of numerous books and articles promoting the Catholic Faith, went to the Lord on January 14 of this year.

On December 7, 1965, Pope St. Paul VI promulgated the Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World), which emphasized a theology of Christian mission, describing the Church as “leaven in the world” (GS, 40).

“And He said to them, 'Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.’” - (Mark 6:31)

There are several places in the Gospels where our Lord tells people that their faith has healed them—or, more importantly, their faith has saved them.

Recently, a crisis pregnancy center director expressed her concern over an attitude she and her staff encounter among many of their clients.

As we consider Catholic education, we tend to focus on our elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges. One could also include CCD (or PREP), RCIA, adult education or enrichment, Pre-Jordan and Pre-Cana.

“Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature…” (Mark 16:15)