It’s always good to define our terms. In his Modern Catholic Dictionary, Servant of God John Hardon provided a good definition of “Examination of Conscience”: Reflection in God’s presence on one’s ...

Pope Francis has recommended a daily examination of conscience as an “indispensable” practice in spiritual life. An examination of conscience is a prayerful reflection on one’s thoughts, words, and ...

Pope Francis chose to let his 10th anniversary pass with no great ceremony and little public comment. Yet subsequently he seemed to be reflecting on his decade in the See of Peter and lamenting that ...

Amid the debate about whether Catholic public figures who support abortion should be permitted to receive Holy Communion, Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois said this week that the most ...

There is an old saying among priests—or a saying among old priests, I cannot remember which—that hearing a grandmother’s confession means listening to what everyone else has done wrong, how they have ...

My elementary education was in the Roman Catholic system at St Boniface in Ionia. We ran up the American flag every day and sometimes it was my job to do that. Never once was the Roman Catholic flag ...

Pope Francis meets a group of five Kenyan acrobats after their performance as the Black Blues Brothers during the general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 30, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul ...

Pope Francis greets cooks during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 30, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, ...