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The week-long 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) ended in Cebu, Philippines on January 31st, 2016. There were delegates from over 70 countries; the best Catholic speakers from around the world; a video message from Pope Francis; 5,000 children received their First Communion; and two huge open-air Masses. But the...
If the Hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings had built churches, they probably would have built them like this! In Iceland, they used to build what’s called “turf churches.” That is, churches made of wood and stone and covered with dirt and grass....
To beard or not to beard? That can be a tough question. While today we tend to think of beards as simply a matter of taste, some of the Church Fathers took them a bit more seriously: they thought they were an important, almost necessary, marker of manhood. Of course,...
Pope Francis recently had a brief audience with Leonardo DiCaprio at the Vatican. And the meeting had some pretty interesting moments. First off, DiCaprio immediately kissed the papal ring upon entering the room and greeted the pontiff in Italian. He then gave the Pope a book of art as a...
This article originally appeared on Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s blog “Standing on My Head,” and is reprinted with permission. Visit his website, browse his books, and be in touch at dwightlongenecker.com. The recent furore in the Anglican Communion has highlighted yet again the real division in world Christianity: between,...
Everyone’s heard of the great University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. With great academics, cutting-edge research, and, of course, great sports teams (go Irish!), Notre Dame is one of the most important Catholic universities in the world. What a lot of people don’t know about the...
