Catechesis

Day 3 of Holy Souls Novena: The Last Rites: Anointing of the Sick and the Viaticum

November 4, 2025October 22, 2025 Articles, Catechesis

There is nothing more important in the world than to die in the state of grace. If we die in a state of grace, we win everything because we win heaven; but if we die in a state of unrepented mortal sin, we lose everything forever. That’s why the Church and her ministers, the priests, […]

Can Catholics Attend Invalid Weddings? (The Patrick Madrid Show)

October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 Articles, Best of the Week, Catechesis, Patrick's Powerful Moments

When Melissa wrote to The Patrick Madrid Show, her email was simple and direct: she’d been a bridesmaid in two weddings years ago, both involving Catholics who married outside the Church without dispensation. Now that she understands her faith better, she wonders if she sinned by participating. Patrick begins with calm reassurance. “If you didn’t […]

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 some Catholics – wonder about: “Why do we call the Pope ‘Holy Father’ if he’s just a man like everyone else?” Patrick explains that this title […]

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 might ask: “Is my baptism valid?” A caller named Matt joins the show from Tennessee. He was baptized in a Baptist church as a child and […]

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 the Faith: If God existed and was omnibenevolent, He wouldn’t allow all of this suffering and evil in the world. Why could He allow it? How […]

St. Francis’ Vision

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

Behind the main altar [of St. Mary of the Angels Church in Chicago] is a painting depicting the vision that St. Francis had in 1216. After experiencing a strong carnal temptation one night, St. Francis jumped undressed into a thorny bush outside his cell. As he landed in the bush it sprouted beautiful roses without […]

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 Leo XIV, the first American Pope. For Catholics across the United States, it was more than a moment in Vatican history. It felt personal. The son […]

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 tangible expression of love for God and neighbor. The Holy Father writes that, even in a world of complex social systems and organized aid programs, almsgiving […]

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 November 3rd. Cardinal Cupich stated that the award was being presented to Senator Durbin for his work in immigration, but many responded by pointing out that […]

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 most powerful yet often forgotten requests of the Blessed Mother – the First Saturday Devotion. It’s a devotion that Our Lady called “essential for peace in the […]

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 us! Since they’re charged with supporting and guiding us through our whole lives, we should build a strong relationship with our guardian angels, regularly ask them […]

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 of Christ, calling it the very heart of Christian faith and the foundation of Christian hope. Pope Leo reminded the faithful that the Resurrection was not […]

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