The Gospel passage today is Luke’s version of the beatitudes. It is critical to understand that beatitude is not something we ...

The grocery stores are brimming with cards heralding the arrival of Valentine’s Day. Many cards speak of romantic love, but ...

It is most unfortunate that the sacrament of the anointing of the sick — one of the seven signs instituted by Christ to ...

Those of us still struggling to be faithful to the true Catholic church in these perilous times should pray for priests who, recent messages from Heaven say, ar ...

Individuals and corporations have a moral obligation to pay their fair share of taxes, and wealthy nations have an obligation ...

The recent shut down of USAID by President Trump saddened my heart and placed a stain on the heart of America.

I have always wondered about the meaning of that phrase in the Lord’s prayer asking God that we “not be put to the test.” Now I think I know what it means. People of faith — and those whose love of ...

While American society is especially good among wealthy countries at producing poverty, it is especially bad at making the ...

Catholic bishops in Nigeria say it is increasingly harder for the Church to convey a message of hope to Nigerians hurt by hunger.

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 ...

Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,” says Jeremiah in this Sunday's readings. Msgr. Joseph Prior compares the prophet's plea with the Beatitudes of Jesus, which encourage his disciples to place ...

Trump Says He Will Rework Global Trading Relations With ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs President Trump signed a memorandum ordering his advisers to calculate new tariff levels for other countries, a ...