Should We Teach Kids about Porn’s Harms? Yes, and Here’s How. Children all over the world begin viewing hard-core Internet pornography long before their parents even consider discussing its dangers.

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1447–1449) This fresco of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Fra Angelico can found at the Vatican in the Chapel of Pope Nicholas V.

When I gave a talk recently at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the subject of the Second Coming, I was I asked to describe what our resurrected bodies will be like.

Our fascination with miracles is inextricably tied up with our fear of death. Miracles give us hope for preservation from suffering and, ultimately, an escape from death. They not only give us hope ...

Saint James, Patron of Pilgrims This alabaster statuette portrays a traveler leaning on his walking staff, as if taking a momentary pause from an arduous journey.

Saint Jerome in His Study During a lifespan that crossed from the 4th to early 5th century, Saint Jerome was a priest, a monk, a pope’s secretary, a desert hermit, and head of a monastery in Bethlehem ...

Introduction: Transformation in Christ “We must have an unconditional readiness to change in order to be transformed in Christ.” ...

Literature: What every Catholic should know There is a very good reason for every Catholic to know the great works of literature — and that is because the great works of literature help us to know ...

The Chains of St. Peter in Rome Two lengths of fetters are here fused in a single chain, displayed in a church all its own near the Roman Colosseum.

Why we need the Church, the Sacraments, and the Saints to fight Satan “We cannot divorce ourselves from the interpersonal network into which God has created us,” says Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, “if we ...

When he met his future wife, Edith, at the age of 16, he was instantly smitten with her and immediately began an informal courtship, taking her to local tea houses on a regular basis. When the priest ...

On Complaining Shortly after I converted to the Catholic Faith in 1986, I attended three retreats given by Fr. John Hardon, SJ, who was Mother Teresa’s spiritual director whenever she was in North ...