The Irenist writes True Truth in my comboxes: Very few Christians of any denomination in the contemporary West take their faith very seriously, or know very much about it. This leads Catholics, e.g., ...

SAN DIEGO: Evangelical Protestants talk about Christian discipleship so much that they even invented a new verb: with “discipling” being synonymous with guiding other people to live as a follower of ...

Renewing Catholic discipleship and the Catholic understanding of fellowship flowing from the Eucharist are key to revitalizing Catholic belief in Jesus’ Real Presence. Above, Bishop Steven Lopes ...

The Sunday before last, the Gospel reading (Luke 14:25-33) was that strange passage about the king who should sue for peace before throwing his ten thousand troops against an opposing force of twenty ...

Recently I had an interesting exchange with a reader who was concerned that I was too hard on the many Catholics who have simply been too spiritually lazy to take seriously the Second Vatican ...

Tim Staples, author of Behold Your Mother, says people today have forgotten that Jesus asks radical things of his followers. Is this idea too dangerous for modern consumption? Cy Kellett: Does Jesus ...

Abbot Giles P. Hayes of St. Mary's Abbey in Morristown, N.J., is the new president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. ORLANDO, Fla.-- Discipleship and service were two key issues addressed ...

Carl Anderson says beatification of K of C founder should spur interest in “life-changing brotherhood.”In his annual report delivered to the Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus this summer, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — When a same-sex couple approached a local pastor about enrolling their children in Catholic schools, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill., saw an opportunity to begin a ...

Advent is a time for renewal, a time of new beginnings. It is, after all, the start of a new liturgical year, which brings with it an opportunity for personal assessment and even goal-setting akin to ...

Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) - Tens of thousands of Vietnamese Catholic students have responded to the appeal launched by Pope Francis at the closing ceremony of the Seventh Asian Youth Day, held in ...