We are about a quarter of the way through the season of Lent. So, the words of the column's title are familiar to us as they return each Lent in the prayers of the liturgy and in our own practices ...

This week, we find ourselves in the early days of a specific liturgical season known as Lent. Lent is a designated time ...

Last Sunday was one of the most special days of my life - I had the incredible privilege of baptizing both my son and daughter. As a pastor, baptizing my own children wasn’t just part of my duty; it ...

Columnist: There are many opinions on the subject of baptism but the important thing is what the Lord has declared.

Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, justice and concern for those most impoverished and ...

Baptism was instituted ... us from the eternal punishment and generally only from part of the temporal. Prayer, good works and indulgences in this world and the sufferings of purgatory in the ...

39 1238 The baptismal water is consecrated by a prayer of epiclesis (either at this moment or at the Easter Vigil). The Church asks God that through his Son the power of the Holy Spirit may be ...

Michael Wagner and his pregnant wife, Joanne, were traveling to the March for Life in Washington in 1976 when she — and their ...

The Department of Natural Resources, under Hilary Franz, recently opened the Thorpe property, near the Pullman Highway, to a thousand-home development. The parallels to L.A. are scary. Spokane’s ...

Vice President JD Vance led the audience at the 20th National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in prayer for the ailing Pope Francis, who has criticized the Trump administration over its immigration policy.

The season of Lent for Western Catholics began on Ash Wednesday, March 5; for Eastern Rite Catholics, Lent began on Clean ...

In these first two weeks of Lent, we've begun a new stage of our Holy Year pilgrimage. We've seen human frailty and the glory ...