The heart of the matter
On June 11, the United States bishops undertook the long-anticipated consecration of the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ahead of the Mass at which the consecration took place, three American archbishops ...
Pope Leo's first encyclical
It can be easy for Catholics to lose sight of the forest for the trees. Sometimes we can lose sight of the bigger global picture, get distracted from what matters most for humanity, even give into the ...
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Christ's prayer for unity
It's natural to think of the institution of the Eucharist when the Last Supper comes to mind. The sacramental memorial of Christ's paschal mystery is, after all, "the source and summit of the ...
A call for peace
Pope Leo XIV's new message for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace, released Dec. 18, offers a great deal of food for thought. Building on the theme of peace that has been a main message of his pontificate ...
A eucharistic word: Holiness
One of the enduring memories during a recent family pilgrimage to Italy occurred early one morning when my two oldest children, ages seven and five, accompanied me to morning Mass. The location was none ...
What does Archbishop Henning's appointment to Boston mean for the U.S. church?
In one of the most significant U.S. appointments of his pontificate, Pope Francis has given Boston its seventh archbishop. Archbishop Richard G. Henning will take the reins of America's fourth-largest ...
A eucharistic word: Mission
''Truly, nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ and to make him known to others." These words in Pope Benedict XVI's "Sacramentum Caritatis" echoed in my mind when watching the recently ...
A Eucharistic word: Tabernacle
While praying in our pew after Communion during a recent Sunday Mass, our six-year-old son decided to administer a pop quiz to his willing little sister. "What was the first tabernacle?" he asked. "I ...
