Many non-Catholics do not recognize the Eucharist as a sacrifice. It is just a remembrance to them, like how shooting off fireworks on the Fourth of July is a remembrance of the American Revolution.

The brown scapular is one of the most recognizable sacramentals in Catholic life. Millions of Catholics have worn the small pieces of brown cloth as a sign of devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Yet ...

Far be it from me to bemoan the authentic development of doctrine. It is a truly underrated gem of Catholic theology that shows how the Church, because it is the living body of Christ, includes a mind ...

The Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has ordained new bishops, returned to schism, and incurred excommunication, and the Vatican has announced these facts. The SSPX is a society of priests, founded in ...

Speaking of the Eucharist as a spiritual weapon might strike you as odd, yet St. Paul reminds us we’re in a war, and that our primary enemies are ones we cannot see: For we are not contending against ...

Understanding the biblical phenomenon of speaking in tongues can seem daunting, a topic on which much ink has been spilled. There are many proponents of tongues, especially in recent years, within the ...

Pentecost 2026 falls on Sunday, May 24. In the Catholic Church, Pentecost is one of the great solemnities of the liturgical year and marks the close of the Easter season. The United States Conference ...

Lent could be described as Catholic spring training, an annual period of more than forty days in which we renew our commitment to key fundamentals in the Christian life—specifically prayer, fasting, ...

Not everyone in the scholarly community has interpreted the Bible’s vision of the “woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Rev 12:1) in the ...

Many Catholics in the West assume that Islam is simply another Abrahamic religion and therefore shares our ideas about freedom, the individual, and the nature of society. But when you actually study ...

Both Catholic and Protestant Christians believe that Christ’s one sacrifice of Calvary provides atonement for our sins, yet Protestants teach that Jesus “finished” his redemptive work on the cross ...

Editor’s note: When Erika Kirk this week forgave the murderer of her husband, Charlie Kirk, her action prompted many questions about what Our Lord expects of us when it comes to forgiveness. We found ...