Patrick Lencioni: Why You Feel Drained Even When You Love Your Work...
Chris Stefanick
Chris Stefanick sits down with Patrick Lencioni, president of The Table Group, to walk through Working Genius, the framework that helps you name the work that fills you up and the work that wears you out. Patrick shares how it came together, and why it frees us from guilt we were never meant to carry. In this episode: The six kinds of work in every project, and the two you were made for...

Young Men Need Helpful Church Ladies...
Terry Mattingly
No partisan politics today, please. I have been a third-party voter for several years, in large part because of my conviction that, for a decade or so, the leaders of both major parties have hated the First Amendment for different reasons. I remain a moral, cultural conservative and, thus, an old-school First Amendment liberal. That’s a unicorn stance today, in a radically divided nation.

Feminists Seek Grievances; Christians Seek Grace...
Carrie Gress
The 1954 classic movie, White Christmas, features the relationship between media moguls Bob Wallace and Phil Davis. As soldiers during World War II, Davis (played by Danny Kaye), heroically saved the life of his future business partner, Wallace (Bing Crosby). Much of the story’s plot revolves around Davis’ pointing to his old war-injured arm as a reminder to Wallace that he saved his life...

Pope Leo Receives Bob Dylan at the Vatican...

5 Ways to Make Sure You Get Prayers and Masses After Your Death...
Patti Armstrong
“Can your family decide not to have a funeral Mass for you against your stated wishes?” The answer to the question asked of a Catholic speaker who worked at a funeral home was: “Unfortunately, yes.” A couple of generations ago, it was unthinkable for a faithful Catholic not to be given a funeral Mass. The speaker shared that she has seen cases of even daily communicants not having a funeral Mass...

Kite Parades, Born Again Again, and Staying Outside...

In 1963, He Said Mass for JFK. The Communists Sentenced Him to Death...

Getting Low, Rorsach Report, and Virtually Prolife...
Ed Condon
The wisest priest of my acquaintance is fond of reminding people in confession that pride is the great force multiplier of all sin. It is the underlying driver of almost every bad action to which I am disposed, and the great barrier between me and reconciliation with God at any given moment. The opposite of pride, in every respect, is humility, which is always disposed to receive the love of God...

7 Ways Every Mother Can Learn to Say Yes Like Mary...

Pope Leo’s Sunday Angelus for All Saints Day: ‘Holiness Is Not a Privilege Reserved for a Few’...

When Things Go Bump in the Night, Who Do People of All Faiths Call? A Catholic Priest...

Are You Worshipping God — or the God You Want Him to Be?
Mary Beth Bonacci
Does America have an official religion? Not “officially,” of course. But, at least according to one expert, we definitely have an American religion. And it is very widely practiced. Sociologist Christian Smith, some 20 years ago, conducted a study on the religious beliefs and habits of 3,000 American teenagers entitled Spiritual Life of American Adolescents...

Cardinal Blase Cupich's Cynical Move With Michael Sacks Award...
Kathryn Jean Lopez
You may know me as the annoying church lady who’s always trying to find common ground. Sometimes, that’s constructive. Other times, I have to surrender. Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, is scheduled to give Michael Sacks the Nostra Aetate Award at the Rerum Novarum Awards Dinner on Thursday. The event is a fundraiser for Mundelein Seminary...

Religion Remains Stable in the U.S., With Mixed Signals for Young Adults...

As Vatican Leaders Retire, Who Will Leo XIV Choose to Fill Their Seats?

Spain Mourns More Than 60 Killed in High-Speed Train Collision...

Why Catholics Need to Talk About Angels Again...