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The moon is an analogy for the Church “The Church has no other light than Christ’s; according to a favorite image of the Church Fathers, the Church is like the moon, all its light reflected from the sun” (Catechism of the Catholic Church,…

Since the dawn of humanity, human eyes have beheld the glow of Earth’s moon in the skies overhead. For centuries, the human hearts of believers have pondered with awe the psalmist’s prayer to God: “You made the moon to mark the seasons”…

Listed here is just a small sample of events taking place across the United States celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Alabama Apollo 50th Anniversary Celebration Events When: June and July Where: U.S. Space…

Our readers, writers, and staff members recall the moon landing. On July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle on the moon, I stood transfixed before the television screen with tears in my eyes. The thought came to…

Catholic Digest's sister publication Pèlerin in France has stunning photos and videos of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris that a fire heavily damaged on April 15. We pray that this magnificent church dedicated to Our Lady will once again be a…

It is easy to see fault in others, much easier than casting an inquisitive and skeptical eye toward ourselves and our many sins. But until we do this, we are indeed blind, and incapable of leading the likewise blind to anything resembling…

In downtown Los Angeles sits a 50-block area known as Skid Row where unsheltered homeless live on sidewalks, under tarps, and in tents. A report last year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found that Los Angeles had…

All too often now we hear the immortal words of our Savior “judge not” used as an effort to stop the Christian from stating what is moral or immoral. It is as though our Lord had commanded us to be indifferent to the actions of others. This…

Bishop Robert Barron is one of the most widely read and respected clergy members in the Church today. He is the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, a global media apostolate. Since 2015 he has served as an auxiliary bishop of the…