Harry Houdini died on Halloween. Of course.
Houdini, the famous escape artist, died on Halloween a century ago. His legend is a complicated but strikingly All-American one.
Why do we pray to saints?
It is no more of a challenge to think of the saints praying for us than it is to understand how any prayer, on earth or in heaven, interacts with the will of God.
Why are Catholics divided over the Prayer to St. Michael?
The Prayer to St. Michael has been in Catholic news for a while now. What is its history and why is its recitation after Mass a point of dispute?
Thanking God for each other
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Brigid McCabe
Top Vatican official says Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis a ‘game-changer’ for the papacy
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, also predicted that the Chicago-born Leo would in the “not-too-distant future” visit his native United States.
Archbishop of Detroit calls out voter suppression ahead of midterms: ‘It’s an affront to God’
Archbishop Edward Weisenburger joined the “Vigil for Voting” with other faith leaders to call out voter suppression and divisive rhetoric.
The ‘horrors and sorrows’ of an American genius: Edgar Allan Poe
While Edgar Allan Poe never enjoyed much commercial success during his short and troubled life, his reputation as an American original has only increased in the 175 years since.
Montse Alvarado prepares to step into Vatican communications prefect role Nov. 1
Alvarado will be the first laywoman who is not a religious sister to lead a dicastery, and, at age 39, will be the youngest prefect in the Roman Curia.
The bishops who prayed over Trump and apologized—and gave us a lesson in moral responsibility
After a predictable media firestorm following a meeting with President Trump, church leaders responded quickly and with humility to the real hurt that they had caused.
Against ‘powers and principalities,’ steadfastness and a focus on God
A Reflection for Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Sam Sawyer, S.J.
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