THEOTOKOS is an ancient Greek title for Mary, meaning “God-bearer.” Already in 3rd-century Christian writings, the word ...

On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, and the first day of 2026, the Catholic Church offers the opportunity to obtain plenary ...

New Year’s Day is upon us, and what if instead of making the usual resolutions – lose weight, get organized, read more books – we opted to attempt to help empty Purgatory? Pope Francis gave us this ...

Three days before a bomb blast rocked his home in January 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had an encounter that marked him for the rest of his life. After receiving a threatening phone call, King ...

Dear Miss Manners: At several gatherings with friends and family, the food is blessed by holding hands during a prayer, after I have already washed mine in preparation for eating. Holding hands ...

Carl Trueman accuses Joseph Bottum of arguing that purgatory must be true because the thought of it makes our lives happier and more hopeful (Letters, Nov. 11). That would be a fallacy, but Mr. Bottum ...

Arc System Works, PlayStation, and Marvel Games brought a bit of news for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls today with the PlayStation State of Play. A second closed beta network test has been announced ...

We've been patiently waiting for FromSoftware to say a single word about its plans for Elden Ring Nightreign's DLC, which was meant to include new bosses as well as playable characters. Now we've seen ...

For most of the last few centuries, advances in scientific understanding have seemed to undermine arguments for the existence of God. Physical phenomena ascribed to a deity have been discovered to ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In 2010, Visceral Games and Electronic Arts unleashed Dante's Inferno, an action-adventure game that was their answer to God of War. The story was ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Q: In my rosary group, I suggested we pray for all those experiencing feelings of hopelessness. My friend said that ...

Still, it's good to keep in mind that in our Catholic theology, any person now in heaven -- whether they are known or unknown, famous or obscure -- is technically a saint. Q: At Mass we typically pray ...