Joseph Vukov While the rest of the world starts celebrating Christmas before Advent has begun, the Church will always bide her time.

Mark Bradford I would say that the Church has a profound moral obligation to provide an appropriate education for all students.

Elijah Guevara Sacred music is not just good-feeling art or the smells and bells of traditionalism. It’s an essential part of our worship, the handmaiden of the liturgy.

Leah Libresco Sargeant While much of the mystery revolves around the possibility that a dead man has walked out of his tomb, it is Fr. Jud who is present when a heart begins to beat again. 

Tim Glemkowski As lay Catholics, we should not be dismayed by the erosion of the culture around us, but we do not have the luxury of ignoring it either.

Tim Glemkowski Catholics who attempt to engage the world without first being given over entirely to a personal relationship to Jesus risk becoming a countersign.

Fr. Steve Grunow The real substance of Christmas is rooted in the liturgical observances of the Church’s year of prayer and worship.

Fr. Ryan Mann and Fr. Patrick Schultz Perhaps the scapegoating violence of Wicked: For Good can save the Church from an overly sentimental notion of the birth of Jesus at Christmas, and hopefully, we the Church can save the culture from an endless cycle of scapegoating violence.

Matthew Malone John Candy has lit up the silver screen with his larger-than-life personality. He was also a Catholic and described as one of the gentlest and most charitable people ever.

Nell O’Leary But is this the way we understand our bodies and sexuality—as a sacred theology, as a revelation of the eternal plan and mystery of God?