By Joseph Pearce | On Nov. 24, 1521, Pope Leo X bestowed the title of Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith) on King Henry VIII. The honour was granted to the English king in recognition of...

By Fr. George Rutler | The poet W.H. Auden once lectured me about the wrongness of modern translations rendering Holy Ghost as Holy Spirit. His frail case was that there are certain drinks, too, that...

By Brianna Heldt | Last Friday night found my two oldest daughters and me setting our alarms — somewhat begrudgingly, I confess — for 4:30 a.m. Ever since they’d first heard me mention the...

By Joanna Bogle | It was a slightly surreal experience: standing in the echoing entrance chamber of a fine 19th-century Town Hall, all marbled staircase and municipal splendor, talking about the...

By Father John P. Cush | Adapted from a homily given to seminarians at the Pontifical North American College, Vatican City State (April 2018) The 13th Chapter of the Evangelist John’s Gospel is...