An Ocean Full of Angels by Peter Kreeft | Word on Fire Luminor, 2026 | 432 pages  |  $34.95 Of all living writers, Peter Kreeft is the one who reminds me most of C. S. Lewis. Like Lewis, Dr. Kreeft has an uncanny ability to put the most abstract and …

Truth begins by looking closely at something small. Prayer cards are, strictly speaking, ephemeral. They are printed in large numbers, distributed widely, and rarely intended to last. In most archival settings, they are not treated as individually significant objects. There are too many of them and too little distinguishing most …

  Kitahara Satoko* kept a box of newspapers and magazines that reported on her charitable work with the children from a homeless village called Ants Town. The articles’ headlines dubbed the 22-year-old Catholic convert “Mary of Ants Town”—much to Satoko’s embarrassment and delight, as she later confessed. Born August 22, …

  I had a consistent Panera habit years ago when my son, Thomas, was two. Every so often, I’d drive through with Tom in the back and order the same cookie for him and coffee for me. A few months into this ritual, as I pulled up to the familiar …

The Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee might be the most beautiful church in America. I’m no expert—and I certainly haven’t seen every church in the country—but it’s hard to imagine it has much competition. The Basilica is run by the Conventual Franciscans, one of whose priests gave me a …

In Catholic circles, some movies and series are held in such high esteem that they are essentially considered “required viewing.” Among these are Lord of the Rings, It’s A Wonderful Life, A Man for All Seasons, and The Passion of the Christ. Another film that should be added to this …

I’m so old that as I was growing up I had to Google the answers to my questions. How did I even survive before AI? Now, we simply ask one of the many forms of artificial intelligence, then  receive an answer tailored to our own most whimsical whim: Q: Can …

In his June 19 Decree convoking Synod 2027, the Seventh Synod of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Archbishop Robert G. Casey wrote, “This Synod of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati will help the people of this local Church to advise and assist the archbishop in the governance and care of the faithful …

    “Truth, Beauty, and Goodness” are often called the “three transcendentals.” But while we use these terms frequently, their meanings are not obvious, especially in a political and legal culture that either denies one (or all) of these terms or redefines them in unrecognizable ways. So, how do Catholics …