By Father Homero Rodriguez Because I am Catholic! Editor’s note: The Spanish translation appears below. In the Old Testament, when…
BY JIM SCHROEDER REFLECTION Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Haubstadt “Brothers and sisters: Have no anxiety at all, but in…
By MARY ANN HUGHES GRACE NOTES My friend and I both love to garden. She reads a lot of gardening…
Special to The Message In September, the Ladies of Charity visited St. Vincent Early Learning Center to honor their friend,…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, Year A Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; Psalm…
By George Weigel The Catholic Difference From the day it was announced that the Vatican would conduct an investigation into…
By KRISTINE SCHROEDER LESSONS LEARNED I believe it is safe to say that this had been a difficult year for…
BY DENNIS SADOWSKI Catholic News Service CLEVELAND (CNS) – Admitting that people’s faith in God “has been shaken” by the…
By CAROL ANN GADDIS A PLACE FOR ALL I was sitting in church, waiting for Mass to begin, when I…
By TIM LILLEY JOURNEY OF FAITH You’ll never guess what happened on Nov. 4 – the day after the 2020…
By FATHER DONALD DILGER SUNDAY SCRIPTURE Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Proverbs 31:10-13. 19-20, 30-31; Psalm 128:1-2, 3,…
By Clint Johnson Special to The Message Second Philosophy, St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Home parish: Holy Cross…
By MATT POTTER RADICAL JOY — CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP AND ABUNDANCE For many years, our diocese has recognized parishioners who exemplify…
By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE QUESTION CORNER Q. I am 69 years old and a new Catholic. My wife and I…
By The Message staff On Nov. 10, the Vatican released “the McCarrick report.” Prepared by the Vatican Secretariat of State,…
By Tim Lilley The Message editor Editor’s note: The full list of 2020 inductees into The Bruté Society appears on…
By KATHY GALLO CONNECTING FAITH AND LIFE During the pandemic, many of us have deeply missed celebrating Mass together. This…
By ZOE CANNON GRATITUDE FOR THE GIFT OF FAITH Our faith is a treasure! The early church in Jerusalem devoted…
By Megan Erbacher The Message assistant editor Bill Shinn always gets emotional when he hears Johnny Cash’s 1974 song, “Ragged…
By Daughter of Charity Sister Joanne Vasa Special to The Message Children possess an innate, natural response to nature that…
In this January 2009 file photo, Pope Benedict XVI greets his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, during a concert for the…
By Aaron Herrenbruck Special to The Message Second Philosophy, St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology Home parish: St. Clement…
By ERIC GIRTEN THE CATHOLIC KITCHEN “As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world…
Evansville Police Department vehicles lead a parade of open-air vehicles carrying the Reitz Memorial High School boys soccer team west…
BY JULIE ASHER Catholic News Service Blessed Michael J. McGivney was “an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance”…