While the word “synodality” can be off-putting to some, at its heart this topic of the current and most recent Synod of Bishops on synodality connects closely with the mission and ministry of evangelization.

It has been nearly four years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision returned the issue of abortion from the federal to the state level.

The Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC) is speaking out against legislation that aims to introduce death by firing squad as a new method of capital punishment in the state.

No es gran cosa que seas mi siervo, ni que restaures a las tribus de Jacob, ni que hagas volver a los de Israel, a quienes he preservado. Yo te pongo ahora como luz para las naciones, a fin de que lleves mi salvación hasta los confines de la tierra (Is 49:3-6).

It is too little, the Lord says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the Earth. (Is 49:3-6)

I’m from central Indiana, so I don’t pretend to be an expert on cold weather like those of you from Alaska, North Dakota, Minnesota. But I do know this: Indiana weather can turn on a dime.

Eleven doctors of the Church were active in ministry in the fourth century, nearly 30% of the 38 people given that special title.

We ended the Christmas season with the feast of the Baptism of the Lord on Jan. 11. Now the Church calendar has returned us to Ordinary Time, the days currently between the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Lent.

When Anita Bardo and Felix Navarrete discussed the possibility of offering the first-ever archdiocesan-sponsored evangelization retreat in both English and Spanish, they never imagined the overwhelming success it would have.

When Lisa Gray recalls her most memorable moments from walking the Camino this past spring, she quickly focuses on the scenes involving two travelers, one Ukrainian and the other Russian.

Entonces apareció una nube que los envolvió de la cual salió una voz que dijo: “Este es mi Hijo amado. ¡Escúchenlo!” (cf. Mc 9:7)

The heavens were opened and the voice of the Father thundered: ‘This is my beloved Son, listen to him.’ (cf. Mk 9:7)

I have thought a great deal about and studied the concept of human dignity throughout my lifetime. But I was recently immersed in a situation where the concept of human dignity came face-to-face with reality.

The older I get, the more I crave a practical spirituality—one tied to dirty dishes not pristine libraries, one that recognizes hungry bellies along with hungry hearts.

The Book of Genesis tells us that the Creator God was pleased with his creation and that he entrusted Adam and Eve with a serious responsibility to care for everything that God had made.