You probably have heard before that we humans can live without food for 30 to 40 days, maybe even longer, but we cannot live without some form of water intake for more than about three days. In ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026.

Preaching on this story from John's Gospel, I like how St. Augustine put it. Describing the dialogue between Jesus and the ...

By Asami Ohmoto In a quiet parish in Tokyo archdiocese, eight-year-old Minami Kimura’s decision surprised almost everyone, including her parents — she wanted to be baptized as a Catholic. Minami, a ...

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.” ...

Patrick had to use Latin, because Latin was still the universal language in his part of the world. But he probably composed ...

Our liturgies carry us to Christ; our worship becomes an encounter. What we adore is revealed in sacrament, revealing our intimate God, the God who draws near, who touches us -- again, in sacrament.

If you find an error in a book in GITenberg, you can report it by clicking the Issues tab in this book’s repository. Please copy-and-paste the entire sentence that ...

The ChappyWrap is one of the best blankets we tested, and it lasts through years of use. This makes it a great gift that the newly baptized baby can enjoy well into the future. The blankets come in a ...

You have probably heard that something extraordinary is happening in the Catholic Church in France. The French bishops’ conference announced in April that more than 10,000 adults were due to be ...

Depending on when and where you lived in church history, your answer to this question could have been a matter of life and death. The Anabaptists suffered persecution and sometimes death because of ...