Why Do We Call the Pope “Our Holy Father?” (The Patrick Madrid Show)

October 23, 2025October 27, 2025 Articles, Best of the Week, Catechesis

Image via Fabrizio Maffei / Shutterstock. On The Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick takes a call from Jerry in Nashville, who asks a question that many non-Catholics – and even ... Read more

Is Protestant Baptism Valid in the Eyes of the Catholic Church? (The Inner Life with Patrick Conley)

October 21, 2025October 24, 2025 Articles, Best of the Week, Catechesis

In this episode of The Inner Life, Patrick Conley welcomes Fr. Michael Hartge, Vicar General for the Diocese of Columbus, to unpack one of the most common questions Christians ... Read more

Why is There Suffering and Evil in the World?

October 21, 2025February 10, 2026 Articles, Catechesis, Father Simon Says

Many people throughout the world who have ceased to pray, to trust in God, or even to believe in Him have cited one particular reason for their departure from ... Read more

St. Francis’ Vision

October 19, 2025October 17, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality

Behind the main altar is a painting depicting the vision that St. Francis had in 1216. After experiencing a strong ... Read more

A Pope of Hope (Morning Air)

October 10, 2025October 10, 2025 Articles, Best of the Week, Catechesis

Image via Riccardo De Luca – Update / Shutterstock. White smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel, and the world rejoiced. Habemus Papam! The Church had a new shepherd: Pope ... Read more

Dilexi Te: Pope Leo Urges a Return to Almsgiving as a Living Expression of Christian Love

October 10, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality

In his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to rediscover almsgiving as an essential act of Christian life and a ... Read more

Bishop Thomas Paprocki: The Lessons of a Declined Award

October 8, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, News and Culture

In September, Cardinal Blase Cupich announced that the Archdiocese of Chicago would be giving a Senator Dick Durbin a lifetime achievement award at their Keep Hope Alive celebration on ... Read more

First Saturday Devotions (The Drew Mariani Show)

October 6, 2025October 7, 2025 Articles, Best of the Week, Catechesis

Image via AM113 / Shutterstock. On The Drew Mariani Show, Drew sits down with Barb Ernster, spokesperson for the World Apostolate of Fatima, to talk about one of the ... Read more

Fr. Rocky Reminds Us to Forge a Relationship with Our Guardian Angels

October 6, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Family and Kids

 In a recent homily at Mass on the Feast of the Guardian Angels, Father Rocky reminded us that God gave us guardian angels for a reason: to help ... Read more

Pope Leo: The Resurrection is the Heart of Our Hope

October 2, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Relevant In Rome

On Morning Air, Ashley Noronha joined John Morales to reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s Wednesday general audience from October 1. The Holy Father centered his catechesis on the Resurrection ... Read more

The Feast of the Guardian Angels

October 2, 2025September 30, 2025 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality

When I was in 4th grade, Sister Lydia told us to be sure to make room on the seat of our desks for our Guardian Angels.  She was reinforcing ... Read more

Pope Leo on Jesus’ Love in the Midst of Suffering

September 8, 2025September 8, 2025 Articles, Catechesis

Image via Adam Jan Figel / Shutterstock. Rome correspondent Ashley Noronha joins John Morales for Relevant in Rome, where she reports on the Holy Father’s recent General Audience – ... Read more