The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops launched a National Prayer Movement for the Year of Faith, which ends Nov. 24. The USCCB asks all people of faith to join the movement to pray for our nation, life marriage and religious liberty. Prayer is holy, patriotic, efficacious, a spiritual work of mercy, and it works when...Read More

In her article, "Welcoming strangers" (CR, Jan.24), Sister Linda Stilling recounted a sympathetic anecdote concerning an undocumented alien with a fraudulent driver's license bearing another man's photo.Read More

In sexual morality, family life and education, the Baby Boom generation ushered in a series of cultural changes that led to an “anthropological crisis” in American society, leaving younger generations yearning acutely for what the Catholic Church has to offer.Read More

CRMedia CEO Christopher Gunty talks about God's role in football.Read More

We’ve all heard the old saying, “charity covers a multitude of sins,” and, like a lot of old sayings, it is true as far as it goes. Trouble is, it doesn’t go quite far enough.Read More

So, when are we old? Let me tell you a story. It was half-time during the AFC championship game between the Ravens and the Patriots. I decided to come back to the rectory to watch the second half.Read More

The day-to-day life of Jennifer Fulwiler, a 35-year-old Catholic convert from atheism and author of the popular blog “Conversion Diary,” is the focus of a reality show mini-series produced by NET, a faith-based network sponsored by the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y.Read More

  I walk into a kindergarten screening for my son and find myself staring at a clipboard. “At what age did your child start walking?” says the form. “At what age did your child start talking?” “Did your child have a normal birth?” And I want to write, “Does it really matter?” These questions pop...Read More