The good news is that Jesus came into our world to conquer sin and its deadly effects through the mercy of His Holy Cross.

Confession remedies an eternal problem while indulgences remedy a temporary one.

The short answer is yes. The reason for this is simple: we are bound by a most solemn obligation to attend Mass every Sunday.

Loving someone means, at times, that we have to let them go.

We have guardian angels, certain spiritual beings created beforehand by God who protect us and inspire us to do God’s will.

We can, and should, always pray for the souls of the dead, hoping they find themselves at least in purgatory.

We can powerfully deal with the evil by frequently and ardently asking Jesus for His mercy.

So, whenever you say “amen” at the end of your prayers, you are basically saying, “and I mean it!”

As a practicing Catholic, is it a sin to attend a wedding in a Protestant church, and the marriage isn’t being blessed by the Church?

There are few things more “Catholic” than the praying of the rosary.

The answer to this question is actually quite simple: because Jesus said so.

Amidst spiritual desolation (sinking) do not change your spiritual practices (keep praying).

To approach God in Holy Communion my heart, soul, and mind must be ready.

In our world today, marked by great confusion in morality, common decency and right doctrine, Catholics need to make their voices heard.

To get to the bottom of this, we need to look at Scripture.

If we want to be faithful Christians, we must love and pray for our enemies.

While conversation about others is not bad, talking about them behind their back is.

Both are good, but praying before Him in the Blessed Sacrament is better and helps us to encounter Him more fully than in the home.

A little-known fact is that Genesis actually contains two different stories of creation and reading them both literally would lead us into contradictions.

Now, more than ever, victims of abuse and those scandalized by the abuse need the Church, especially the healing and fortifying power of her greatest gift—the Holy Eucharist.