What’s the secret to happiness? This seems to be the million-dollar question, although most of us don’t have one million dollars to try and buy it or figure it ... Read more
Ring, ring… it’s God calling! Wouldn’t it be so simple if God called you up today and let you know exactly what He wanted you to do? It would ... Read more
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5: 3-4) The second ... Read more
How often do you check your phone every day? How often do you look at it, touch it, or think about it? Do you even know? According to studies, ... Read more
Christ summarizes the goal of Christian morality at the end of the Sermon of the Mount: “Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom ... Read more
This article was originally published by the late Francis Cardinal George, OMI in the newspaper The Catholic New World (now Chicago Catholic) on October 24, 2004. Given the recent ... Read more
Recently on Father Simon Says, a listener called in to ask about the innumerable religious orders that occupy the Catholic Church, how they came to be, and why they ... Read more
“All practices of magic or sorcery, by which one attempts to tame occult powers, so as to place them at one’s service and have a supernatural power over others – even if ... Read more
You might have heard it during the commencement speech at your graduation, or maybe from a mentor sending you off to the next big phase of your life. Maybe ... Read more
Sometimes doubts, uncertainty, and fears enter our heads, and we don’t know what to do. Forming our conscience responsibly includes developing the virtue of prudence, the habit of properly ... Read more
US Bishops call on Catholics to pray and offer reparation on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in response to the offensive honoring of a blasphemous group ... Read more
Some say: Ignorance is bliss. But they say this because they really want to do what they want to do. Only invincible ignorance excuses a person who has no ... Read more