John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais, Public Domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Lately, I’ve had occasion to read two books by Saint John Henry Newman. Let’s start with Loss and Gain.

It makes us think of someone who is strict, stern, and so excessively and pointlessly austere that he is unable to appreciate the delights of creation. But asceticism did once have a positive meaning ...

A proper etiquette does exist for how we address our Church leaders. As a point of courtesy, all Catholics should be familiar with these forms of address. Even though we may live in an increasingly ...

Catholic World Report Editor’s note: The Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based public policy research center, has just published a groundbreaking study, A Vision of Hope: Catholic Schooling in ...

St. Thomas More is widely known as “a man for all seasons,” but he is best known for the final season of his life. A prominent government official when Henry VIII seized control over the church in ...

We cannot master the art of dying unless we fear the death of the soul much more than the death of the body. We are born to die. This inevitable fact could lead to fatalism, although, more often, we ...

Children all over the world begin viewing hard-core Internet pornography long before their parents even consider discussing its dangers. Sean Covey, son of the famous Stephen Covey, has written a ...

The veteran German journalist discusses his new biography of Benedict XVI, and reflects in detail on Ratzinger’s childhood, personality, education, and role in key Church events. He is also the author ...

Servant of God Romano Guardini (1885–1968), Italian-born German Catholic priest, author, and academic, authored The Lord, a spiritual classic. He is considered one of the most important figures in ...

It is a poem about God’s relentless pursuit of the human soul that is known and recited worldwide. Thompson was born into a middle-class Catholic family from Preston, Lancashire. His father was a ...

Our fascination with miracles is inextricably tied up with our fear of death. Miracles give us hope for preservation from suffering and, ultimately, an escape from death. They not only give us hope ...

When I gave a talk recently at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the subject of the Second Coming, I was I asked to describe what our resurrected bodies will be like. St. Paul writes to the ...