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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…
Love and mercy: ‘Faustina’ reveals the details behind the devotion
Every year, the Catholic Church observes Divine Mercy Sunday on the Second Sunday of Easter. The day celebrates the message of mercy that Jesus shared when he appeared to St. Faustina Kowalska in 1931, clothed in a white robe and emanating…
Deepen your prayer and faith with John Henry Cardinal Newman
In celebration of John Henry Cardinal Newman’s canonization on Sunday, Ignatius Press has released a volume of his most profound devotions titled Prayers, Verses and Devotions (2019). Mark Brumley, president of Ignatius Press, spoke with…
Teresa Tomeo: Culture warrior
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more energetic culture warrior than Teresa Tomeo. The familiar long-time host of Ave Maria Radio’s Catholic Connection, she is also the host of EWTN’s The Catholic View for Women, the author of multiple…
Fr. Rocky and Relevant Radio’s mission of ‘bringing Christ to the world’
Fr. Francis J. Hoffman (Fr. Rocky) is the executive director/CEO of Relevant Radio. In 1992, he was ordained as a priest for Opus Dei and he is a well-known author and speaker. Fr. Rocky spoke with Catholic Digest about his ministry,…
Obianuju Ekeocha: A fierce, elegant warrior for the culture of life in Africa
When Obianuju Ekeocha’s parents named her, they couldn’t have foreseen that she would become the voice for African women, families, and the unborn. Her prophetic Nigerian name Obianuju means “she came in the midst of plenty” because she was…
George Weigel on our turbulent times and the way forward
It’s the difference 30 years make. At the beginning of the last decade of the 20th century, the Soviet Union disintegrated. People living behind the Iron Curtain began to reclaim their God-given freedom. There was a widespread feeling of…
‘Searching for God’ and healing on the Camino de Santiago
For Mark Joseph Peredo, walking the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) represented the reset button on his life. After going through a terrible car accident that put his life in serious jeopardy, Peredo was then struck again with the…
‘I found a home in Catholicism’
With the release this week on DVD the movie Breakthrough — a true story about a mother whose prayers bring her drowned son back to life — Catholic Digest spoke with Roxann Dawson, the director of the film. Dawson, a Catholic convert,…
Are you saved?
Popular author, Scripture scholar, and EWTN host Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, takes on a question that has divided Catholics and Protestants for centuries. His book, Saved: A Bible Study Guide for Catholics (Our Sunday Visitor, 2017) examines…
