Author’s note: I will be on the road during the coming week. Pencil Preaching will resume on Sunday, May 7. Thank you. Pat Marrin "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ...

(RNS) — Catholics processed in prayer had hoped to send eight people into a Chicago-area ICE facility to distribute Holy Communion. The church was not silent Saturday (Oct. 11) near Chicago, as ...

On the surface of things, there’s no mystery how one ought to receive Communion: Stand up, file out of the pew, wait your turn in line, eat the Host, and head back to the pew. But beneath these ...

Expectant mothers often speak to their babies before they are born: “Love you! Can’t wait to see you!” They ask God to care for them: “Father, protect this child. Keep me safe and healthy.” We may ...

I made a profession of faith at a summer camp when I was 16 years old, and I was tempted to get baptized right then and there, in the pool at the camp. My motivation to move quickly had little to do ...

(RNS) — Pope Leo XIV told United States Catholic bishops last week that “the church cannot be silent” in the face of the Trump administration’s brutal mass deportation efforts. The day before, Leo ...