A major area of common ground among all of us is work. After all, after collecting statistical data about lifespan, expected retirement, hours of work per day, number of work weeks in a year, and number of hours people in the U.S. sleep, … [Read more...]
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Patristic Pastoral Theology: Gregory of Nazianzus and Augustine of Hippo
For you I am a bishop; but with you I am a Christian. – St. Augustine of Hippo[1. Augustine of Hippo, quoted in Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Vatican website (21 November 1964), available at: h … [Read more...]
The Sacerdotal Canons of Trent, Their Foundations, and Their Persistence
The Council of Trent provided for the Catholic Church and her adversaries a foundational structure for much of her teachings across a great many areas of theology, including the basis for her teachings on Original Sin, Justification, and — m … [Read more...]
Disciplining Priests: A Synodal Moment?
In the past few decades, the Catholic Church has faced major challenges ranging from the sexual abuse crisis to financial collapse of numerous dioceses. One area that receives little attention is the deepening malaise of morale among … [Read more...]
Strengthening the Priesthood in the United States
Practically speaking, the contemporary Church has made a strategic error in its renewal efforts: attempting a new evangelization without revitalizing its priests. I say “practically speaking” because, while there have been high-level eff … [Read more...]
Faith and Reason: How the College General Education Curriculum Is Fundamental for a Catholic Renewal
At last I went to the artisans, for I was conscious that I knew nothing at all, as I may say, and I was sure that they knew many fine things; and in this I was not mistaken, for they did know many things of which I was ignorant, and in this … [Read more...]
A Decade of Connection: Laudato Si’ and the Broader Vision of Pope Francis
Ten years ago, Pope Francis signed Laudato Si’ (henceforth LS), his first “solo” encyclical letter (most of Lumen Fidei had been composed by Pope Benedict XVI). The bulk of its public reception revolved around questions of whether his asses … [Read more...]
Eucharistic Adoration, Spiritual Communion, and the Practice of the Presence of God Online
The National Eucharistic Revival continues to be a divine invitation to the Church to be united once again around the source and summit of our faith in the celebration of the Eucharist. During its third year, Catholics are being invited to … [Read more...]
Principles of Neuroscience Embedded in the Spirituality of St. Francis de Sales
A Pastoral Approach to Addictive Behaviors
Before the advent of modern neurobiology, neuroanatomy and neurochemistry, the intricate mechanisms of brain functions were poorly understood. Many theories were advanced as attempts to comprehend the connection between the brain and human … [Read more...]
Video Gaming: A Catholic Moral Theological Perspective
Without a doubt, video games have become a major formative influence on modern-day culture, particularly among the youth. According to the latest 2024 figures, the global video game industry is projected to pocket a revenue of U.S. $455.27 … [Read more...]
The Discipleship Stage of Priestly Formation: A Thomistic and Pastoral Vision
June 27, 2025 by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
The priestly vocation is a gift from Christ to His Church, a sacred calling that demands careful discernment, formation, and accompaniment. The Church’s contemporary vision for priestly formation has been significantly renewed through the 2 … [Read more...]
The Crippling Effect of Modern Discernment
June 27, 2025 by Fr. Chad Arnold
The word discernment, in recent decades, has jumped in popularity. Part of that can be traced to a revitalization of traditional Ignatian spirituality. Presbyteral culture has become decidedly more Ignatian, through the influence of … [Read more...]
Theological Reflections on Man from the Hexameron of St. Ambrose of Milan
June 27, 2025 by Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD
St. Ambrose’s work The Six Days of Creation traces a practice that had also been the practice of other great authors of the early centuries, from Origen to St. Basil, for the Greek world, to St. Augustine, for the Latin side, that is, that o … [Read more...]
Homo Liturgicus: On the Necessity of Liturgy for Men
June 27, 2025 by Ruben Gilbert
It has been noted by many Catholic commentators over the years that in a world that seeks to silence the sound of church bells on Sunday mornings and disrobe from itself the vestiges of an ordered Christian past, among the many things on … [Read more...]
Catholic Marriage in a Fallen World
June 27, 2025 by Susan Miller
Lucia, one of the children who received a visit from the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima, wrote to Cardinal Carlo Caffarra in the early 1980s explaining that there would be a battle with Satan over marriage and the family.[1. Maria V. … [Read more...]
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