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Standing up for inmates on death row
by Daniel P. Smith Sr. Helen Prejean’s words come fast, carrying the sharp Louisiana twang engrained in her DNA and fueled by a purpose that rumbles in her soul. A complex and often controversial figure as one of the nation’s foremost…
Catholic Digest earns 2 Catholic Media Awards
Bayard is pleased to announce that Catholic Digest has earned two awards from the Catholic Press Association’s 2020 Catholic Media Awards: HONORABLE MENTION/ Magazine of the Year 2ND PLACE/ Best Guest Column/ Commentary “A Glimmer of Hope”…
Protests in the USA: Many Questions, Only One Answer
The men’s group at the parish sat stone still, many with tears in their eyes, as Joe spoke of the anger he’d been carrying in his heart for thirty years. He spoke about a time in the 1960s, when he had been a young altar server at his…
My Uncle Fulton Sheen: A conversation with author Joan Sheen Cunningham
By John Burger Joan Sheen Cunningham is the niece of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, the pioneering television priest whose body was recently moved from New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral to the cathedral of Peoria, Illinois. As the Catholic…
Leadership guru Patrick Lencioni wants to make parishes ‘Amazing’ places
Patrick Lencioni, who is perhaps best known for books that teach fundamental principles of leadership and management through novel-like stories filled with bad examples, has turned his sights to America’s Catholic parishes. The Catholic…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for April
Freedom from Addiction: We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied. Month Dedicated to Devotion to the Eucharist, Devotion to the Holy Spirit
Francis, alone: ‘Wake up, Lord!’
Pope Francis slowly made his way up the steps to the place in St. Peter's Square where he usually presides at the general audience. Alone, he listened to the Gospel reading. Alone, he prayed before the icon of the Virgin Mary, Salus Populi…
Extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing on March 27
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Pope Francis has announced that he will give an extraordinary blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time March 27. The formal blessing — usually given only immediately after…
Catholics have the answers to the COVID-19 pandemic
There are two ways to look at what is happening in the United States and across the world with the coronavirus pandemic. You can see it as a massive panic bordering on overreaction as people cut each other off out of fear. Or you can see it…
Prayers for the sick, and those suffering from COVID-19
Pope Francis, via Vatican News, offers this prayer during the COVID-19 crisis: O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick. At the foot of the cross you…
