A Reflection for the Feast of St. John, Apostle and evangelist, by Jackson Goodman

A Reflection for the Feast of St. Stephen, first martyr, by Molly Cahill

A Reflection for Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent, by Michael J. O’Loughlin

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

If God can work through both the rich and the poor, the meek and the mighty, surely God can also work through all types of music and art.

My concern with Advent is that it can reduce our hoping for the surprising act of God to waiting for God to give us what we expect.

The unique perspectives and gifts that women bring, in collaboration with clergy, enrich the church in ways that go beyond what ordination could offer.

After another Trump victory, I thought about tuning out of politics. Then I remembered that I do not have that luxury. I am a Catholic.

Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others in a series of decrees published Dec. 18.

We are not only the family of God because of an act of love but, because he was born as one of us, we are now also biologically like God. We are genetically related to him because he became one of us.