Father Patrick Briscoe O.P., OSV News

This Christmas, while massive crowds of pilgrims will flock to Rome for the opening of the Jubilee year, I'll be spending the holy season...

Sept. 23 is the Feast of Padre Pio. When I think about the saints most beloved by modern Catholics, Padre Pio tops the list. His...

I saw it. The church in the United States has witnessed the defining moment of a generation. There's no other way to describe it....

One of the 20th century’s greatest writers about the Virgin Mary was a most unlikely convert from Judaism. Born Raïssa Oumansoff, in the Russian...

While pro-lifers rightly view the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision as a significant judicial victory, attending the national March for Life...

Sometimes you hope to be wrong. For example: A good friend that I made in college seminary discerned out of formation and began to pursue...

A year out from his death, I dearly miss Pope Benedict XVI. He was the pope of my coming of age. The generation of...

Of all the things and people to be present at the birth of Jesus Christ, there were shepherds! I would probably have been more...

We like to think we follow the saints, but sometimes the saints follow us. As I walked home from class in Tours, France, I had...

Catholics of a certain age will remember reciting a set of prayers after Mass called the Leonine Prayers. Introduced by Pope Pius IX in...