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St. Patrick’s Day is here once again and people all over the world are getting ready to celebrate with festivities and parades. But why is it that St. Patrick’s Day has become such a huge celebratory event? And did he really drive all the…

In minutes Bart Millard, lead vocalist for MercyMe, wrote the most-played radio single in Christian music history. The lyrics for “I Can Only Imagine” flowed because they had been growing in Bart since he was little. Like a lot of good…

When I was 12, I came upon a funeral prayer card in a used book. For years —and occasionally still — I prayed for Rudy Larson’s soul. I never met him, but I felt called to pray for him. It was my mom who instilled in me the importance of…

Fr. Thomas Berg had just finished celebrating morning Mass. The faithful had left the church, and Fr. Berg was locking up. As he made his way back to the sacristy, he glanced up at a stained glass window depicting the Resurrection. It was…

Bishop Robert Reed is one of the newest members of the Catholic Digest family. As editor-at-large, Bishop Reed, well- known to viewers of The CatholicTV Network, will write a column in each issue. An auxiliary bishop of the…

If you have ever been to a Confirmation Mass or an ordination Mass, then you might have seen the Roman Pontifical. The Roman Pontifical is a liturgical book used primarily by bishops for various sacraments such as Confirmation or Holy…

Raymond Arroyo sits in a crowded theater watching a scene in the popular musical Hamilton where George Washington asks Alexander Hamilton to write his farewell address for him. The lyrics of the song reveal the closeness of the two American…

An interview with cartoonist Dan Reynolds

The Catholic author and blogger examines something we all do — commit venial sins