American Catholics who voted pro-life in the last Presidential election may have found themselves doing a double-take this month. Our President, widely considered a pro-life
Catholic genuflection is a silent, bodily language—an expressive act of faith combining doctrine, devotion, and physicality into a graceful gesture. It embodies sovereignty, sacrament, and
Rome was conquered by Christianity through love and the blood of martyrs. Perhaps Arabia and the Middle East will be reconverted by Christianity through love
What does it mean to be little? God became little to enter our world. Imagine: A tiny cell grew in Mary’s womb to be born
By George Ganssle It was in December of 2004 that my mother gave me a book to read. With God in Russia, the story of
As frequent readers of CS may know, I regularly travel to the Middle East. And that’s where I was for this year’s Advent and Christmas
Whether or not Greenland will ever become a US territory is anyone’s guess. But it seems President Donald Trump would very much like this to
The meaning of the Sunday Mass Readings for February 2026 is made clearest by Catholic doctrine. Doctrines are the essentially unchangeable clarifications of Revelation and
In his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell wrote, “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and
I heard the other day that Johnny, a friend from my high school days, died 6 months ago. We haven’t lived in the same town
Last month, I promised to introduce you to some of my favorite, local artists. Artists whose creativity isn’t influenced by the algorithm, but by a
A Thomistic Reconsideration of an Apocryphal Text Thomas Aquinas was a Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and philosopher considered one of the most important figures in
As one of the two most pressing of the corporal works of mercy, feeding the hungry is not just a nice thing for Catholics to
This article is part of a series of excerpts from David Torkington’s new book, Passport to Perfection. This little book is a guide to living the
This article is an excerpt from David Torkington’s new book, Passport to Perfection. This little book is a guide to living the sacrificial, contemplative spirituality of the early
The first recorded words Jesus spoke in scripture are expressed in the Gospel of Mark, chapter one: After John had been arrested,* Jesus came to
One enormous advantage of being homeschooled is that each child can be taught when he or she is emotionally ready and intellectually mature enough to
Except in rare circumstances, Catholic or Christian parents should not enroll their children in a public school. These government-run, atheistic schools are simply inferior to
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Italian, Tommaso d’Aquino), born in 1225 A.D., reportedly was born in the castle of Roccasecca in the Lazio region of Italy, which
This year’s Epiphany celebration got me to thinking about the word epiphany, with both a small ‘e’ and a capital ‘E.’ The secular definition of
One of the subtle but powerful threads running through the New Testament is the recurring theme of haste. When God reveals himself, when Christ is encountered,
If you put all the love of all the mothers into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary
