I came to myself in a dark wood, For the straight way was lost (“Inferno,” 1.1). It is perhaps the primordial moment of the spiritual life, a sudden sense that we have lost the way and now must find ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection for the readings and Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Advent, Dec. 21, 2025.

The pope said we have an obligation to promote in every place "a society established on new criteria, and ultimately on charity." ...

The Vatican publishing house announced it will release a book of some 130 homilies given by the late Pope Benedict XVI at private Sunday Masses -- 30 given while he was pope and more than 100 given to ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Dec. 14, 2025.