by Bishop Robert Barron . June 11, 2019 .

A recent informal statement from Pope Francis about tradition not being a “return to the ashes” during an in-flight press conference has gotten some attention. There are two poles to avoid here: a kind of liberalism that stresses a mindless openness to the culture, and a kind of “conservatism of the museum” that desperately clings to the past. The one that helps us to see through the dilemma is someone that will be canonized by Pope Francis in a few months—namely, John Henry Newman.

by Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph . July 2, 2019 .

by Elizabeth Scalia . July 18, 2019 .

by Jared Zimmerer . June 5, 2017 .

by Matthew Becklo . June 18, 2019 .

by Joe Heschmeyer . May 2, 2018 .

by Dr. Tom Neal . July 17, 2019 .

by Brandon Vogt . August 26, 2016 .

by Bishop Robert Barron . July 11, 2004 .

The story of the Good Samaritan is not merely a morality tale, an account of the kind of life we should lead. It is that, but, at the deepest level, it is also a telling of the basic story of sin, fall, and redemption. All of us sinners are the man beaten up and left half-dead by the side of the road. We cannot be saved by law or religion or our own works, but only by Jesus Christ and his grace. This best-known of Jesus' parables is finally a narrative of salvation.

by Dominicans of the Province of St. Joseph . November 10, 2016 .