Weekly Update

Sister Marije Kaleta, a hero under the Albanian communist persecutions, dies at age 92; persecutions continue in India and Nigeria; the natural religious instinct is alive and well.

Science is something that is perceived rather than believed; optimism versus hope; the Holy Father reprimands those who choose pets over children.

At the end of a year plagued by earthly uncertainty, we look to a new year confident in the power of God's healing mercy and in Christ's promise: "Behold, I make all things new."

Reading the news can make us despondent, but the Redeemer is not afraid of the mess.

Preparing to encounter Christ as our period of waiting draws near its end, the question of our first parents, and the original seeds of the corrosion of the family.

Dorothy Day as remembered by a friend, Pope Francis chastises the EU, and debate over rebuilding Notre-Dame de Paris.

The true meaning of leisure, the three comings of Christ, and a realistic presentation of Christmas set to hit theaters.

Despite secularity and division, Americans have set aside a day each year to give thanks to God for the blessings of life.

The "right side of history," the most premature infant to have ever lived, Christians and pessimism, and an expanding religious order.

On Veterans Day and the feast of St. Martin of Tours, we reflect in gratitude on the hard-won peace we have so often enjoyed and commit ourselves to using it rightly.