If you read any national Catholic publications like National Catholic Reporter, Our Sunday Visitor or America Magazine, you may have seen that Pope Francis reimposed restrictions on the use of the Latin Mass that was celebrated prior to Vatican II.

On some of father’s vestments I have noticed a pelican.  Was this symbol taken from our Louisiana state flag that has a mother pelican feeding its chicks with its own blood?

We have many photographs of St. Therese of Lisieux. Her sister Celine loved using a camera and took many photos of St. Therese, but there’s an interesting thing to note in those photos. The British Carmelite Sister Ruth Burrows once did a study of those photos and commented that in all of them, St. Therese is always somehow alone, by herself, even when in a group photo.   

Every year I enjoy watching our Independence Day celebration televised from Washington, D.C. 

What are holy Communion hosts made of?

Our American bishops have asked all Catholics to begin a three-year Eucharistic Revival emphasizing the significance of the Eucharist in the life of our church. 

Why do we say  ‘Amen’ at the end of prayers? 

Margaret Atwood once wrote that sometimes a thing needs to be said, and said, said again, until it doesn’t need to be said anymore.

We are at the end of the Easter Season.

We just recently celebrated the feast of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (also known as Corpus Christi).  I understand this feast was inspired by a eucharistic miracle.  Can you give me some details on this feast and the miracle?

Revival opportunity for healing, renewal

Farewells can be hard. When we love someone who is going away, there’s always a sadness, and a particularly heart-wrenching one when that loved one is going away in death.

“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Recently, while listening to Catholic Community Radio, a prayer was addressed to Our Lady of Prompt Succor to spare us during this hurricane season. Who is Our Lady of Prompt Succor and why do we pray to her?

Where can all of us believers come together beyond the divisions created by history, dogma, denomination and religion? Where is there a place all people of sincere heart can find common ground and worship together?

As I was trying to think of a topic to write about on Saturday, May 21, I saw a column in The Advocate entitled “Number of Buddhist chaplains on the rise in U.S.”