By Dr. R. Jared Staudt “All roads lead to Rome.” This proverbial saying from the ancient empire remained true even as Jesus’ disciples made their way across the world. The Eternal City, the capital of one of the world’s greatest empires, has served as the center of Christ’s Church …

  One of the first phrases I remember learning to say in French was the sign of the cross: Au nom du Père et du Fils et du Saint-Esprit. It was long before I declared a minor in French at the University of Kentucky. In elementary school, at Queen of …

“Here are the injections for Converso. The pawn ticket is Sappa’s. I had forgotten it; renew it on my behalf” (Letters to His Friends and Family, Pier Giorgio Frassati, 238). This was the last letter St. Pier Giorgio Frassati wrote, composed while he was dying of polio at age 24, …

Namesake Born in North Africa around 330 A.D., Monica famously prayed for years for her brilliant son, Aurelius Augustinus, to become Christian. She followed him to Rome, then Milan, where he was influenced by St. Ambrose, and converted before her death. She’s buried in Rome, and thanks to a request …

We all know “America, the Beautiful.” The compelling lyrics ring strong and true every time I hear them, filling me with pride and confidence in the Lord’s greater plan for the United States. The familiar verse asking God to shed His grace upon our nation is a lovely prayer, but …

Would you do something you thought was right even if you knew there was a good chance it would get you killed? On paper, it sounds like this should be an easy “yes.” But I wonder, in reality, is it that simple? What do you do when the high school …

Stories matter. What you watch matters. What you listen to matters. What you scroll through matters. Whatever you take into yourself has an effect, and there are a lot of stupid stories out there. How do we navigate through the narrative wildness of “NetflInstaTok”? Well first, I’d recommend more silence …

Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech by Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P. | Ignatius Press, 2026 | 176 pages | $17.95 “Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise” (Ps 51:15). If only that were true! If all things (as the Catechism teaches) were made …

As we collectively commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, it is good and appropriate to celebrate the good things that can be identified with the founding and history of the United States of America. While every nation, culture, society, and political entity has faults—including those comprising the …

You Gotta Have Heart is a classic showtune from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees. Sung by a group of baseball players trying to keep their spirits up amidst a losing season, the lyrics reveal that only with each teammate giving his all will their hapless team find its way to …