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The Reality of Careerism in the Vatican

John Allen, Jr.

December 6, 2024

Most cardinals sitting inside the Sistine Chapel aren’t praying for power; they’re praying honestly and sincerely that “this cup may pass.”

Buildings in Vatican City

True Myth, the Inklings, and the Creative Value of Good Graphic Novels

Haley Stewart

December 6, 2024

Haley interviews John Hendrix, a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. He is the Kenneth E.

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Active Participation: A Recommendation

Dr. Richard DeClue

December 5, 2024

Active participation in the liturgy means understanding the rites and prayers and taking part in the sacred action with devout collaboration.

10Q with Mark Bradford

10 Questions with Mark Bradford | Prenatal Diagnosis and the Inclusion of Those with Disabilities

Dr. Matthew Petrusek

December 4, 2024

Mark Bradford, Fellow for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, joins Matthew Petrusek for a game of 10 questions.

“Ipsum Esse” and Catholic Social Teaching

Bishop Robert Barron

December 4, 2024

Friends, just last month I had the opportunity to give a lecture at Charles University in Prague.

Forming Our Daughters to Be Women of God

Lindsay Schlegel

December 4, 2024

“Beautiful Girlhood” recognizes a girl’s agency. Her choices will have consequences. Her decisions must be based on who she wants to be.

Have You Wandered Away from God?

Bishop Robert Barron

December 4, 2024

Friends, in our readings for the Second Sunday of Advent, there is a lot of talk about building highways. 

St. Francis Xavier

St. Francis Xavier and Our Waning Zeal for Souls

Fr. Billy Swan

December 3, 2024

We tend to underestimate how God has chosen us as his instruments in bringing others to faith. St. Francis Xavier did not make this mistake.

Mary’s Perpetual Virginity: Icon of an Unfallen World

Lauren Meyers

December 2, 2024

The virgin birth enables us to ponder an unfallen world, a world whose recovery is heralded by the birth of Jesus Christ.

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WOF 466: Bishop Barron on the Theology of Balthasar (3 of 12)

Dr. Matthew Petrusek

December 2, 2024

Here is the third lesson of Bishop Barron’s lecture series on one of the most influential Catholic theologians, Han Urs von Balthasar.

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