Of course, Catholics see Mary’s heart pierced as she watched her Son die on the cross, the true moment of Christ as “a sign of contradiction.” His Passion, Death and Resurrection was why he ...

Some years ago, an essayist nicknamed this icon “Scary Jesus.” And it does seem to violate the canons of the Christian ...

Redeeming the Life of Jesus Christ, the Redeemer In effect, the author is arguing that at several crucial points during Jesus’s lifetime and immediately afterward, faith in him and his message could ...

CNA Staff, Jun 22, 2025 / 06:00 am Catholics in northeastern Kentucky will soon be able to follow the passion of Christ in life-sized form thanks to the efforts of a longtime state politician ...

By Deborah Castellano Lubov "The Lord receives, sanctifies, and blesses the bread and wine that we place on the Altar, ...

If we imagine religion as a technology, argues Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith, we can better see the cause of its ...

In his Sacred Heart, Christ continues to proclaim, “I have come to set the earth on fire and how I wish it were already blazing” (Luke 12:49).

In choosing Jesus we also choose the cross and there is real death, and the pain involved here cannot be softened or ...

“The point of my going away is that immeasurably more will open up. If I don’t go, the Holy Spirit won’t come,” says Jesus, in effect. “If you cling to me as a human friend, a warm presence, that’s ...

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We can do that only through participating in the life and love of Christ. As St. Augustine would as he distributed the Eucharist, receive what you are and be what you receive.