One of the criticisms that some Catholics have leveled against Pope Benedict XVI's plan to restore the Traditional Latin Mass as one of the two approved forms of the Mass ... Read More

Americans are not used to the idea of Christian pilgrimage, and most American Catholics who do make a pilgrimage set out for one of the sites of Marian apparitions in ... Read More

The word pilgrimage usually calls to mind people traveling great distances, mainly by foot, in fulfillment of a religious vow or in search of physical or spiritual healing. But ... Read More

As the race for the 2008 Republican nomination for U.S. president heats up, numerous commentators are making comparisons between John F. Kennedy in 1960 and Mitt Romney today. The ... Read More

A recent Pew Forum study has found that a full third of Catholics in America today are Hispanic. With declining church attendance among other ethnic groups and large-scale Hispanic ... Read More

Parents normally put their children in religious schools in order to reinforce their children's faith. While it's not uncommon for Christians of one denomination to put their children in ... Read More

Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish nationalist who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, has written a book in which he claims to reveal, once and ... Read More

Today, we celebrate the chief Marian feast in the Catholic liturgical calendar: the Assumption of Mary. Defined as a dogma of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1950, ... Read More

In the Middle Ages, a form of liturgical drama called the Mystery Play became quite popular among Christians. Originally just a dramatic enactment of certain stories from the Gospels ... Read More

Do Catholics influence American culture more than American culture influences them? According to evangelical pollster George Barna (a former Catholic), the answer is a resounding "No." As reported ... Read More

Two months ago, as Tony Blair prepared to step down as prime minister of England, the British Liberal Democrat Party called for the repeal of the Act of Settlement (1701), ... Read More

On August 6, we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, when Christ ascended Mount Tabor with three of His disciples and was transfigured before their eyes. Shining brightly with ... Read More

Jean-Marie Lustiger, a French cardinal and former archbishop of Paris, died Sunday, August 5, at the age of 80. For years, Cardinal Lustiger was mentioned by Vatican-watchers as papabile--a ... Read More

Almost 11 years ago, Pope John Paul II, in an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, caused quite a stir by declaring that "new knowledge has led to the ... Read More