Gregory Miller, a seminarian at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, shares with Inside CatholicPhilly.com how the Gospel parable of the prodigal son reveals God's boundless love for us, no matter how far from him we have strayed.

Join CatholicPhilly.com editor Matt Gambino and producer Gina Christian in praying the official Vatican text for Pope Francis' March 25, 2022 consecration of Ukraine, Russia and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. (Music: "Out of Time" by Ukrainian composer Zakhar Valaha.)

Ukrainian history expert Nicholas Rudnytzky of Manor College shares with Gina Christian why Russian president Vladimir Putin's version of the past is not only discredited, but deadly -- not just for Ukraine as a nation, but for the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and for freedom itself.

Kurt Kondrich shares how he and his daughter Chloe are advocating at national and global levels to end the "silent eugenics" against pre-born persons with Down syndrome -- because "abortion is the ultimate form of exclusion," and full inclusion first depends on having the right to life.

Jacob Sanz, a seminarian at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, shares with Inside CatholicPhilly.com how the Gospel parable of the barren fig tree reminds us to embrace dying to ourselves, so that we can live in a new way

For Christians, the road to glory is always through suffering, as Jesus made clear on the cross -- but in the end, the glory is always going to be our hope. Max McGallagher, a seminarian at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, shares with Inside CatholicPhilly.com how the Transfiguration of Christ reminds us to look beyond present sorrow and affliction, and see an eternity filled with joy.

Toma Bruzaite, a Catholic journalist based in Lithuania, shared with Gina Christian how that country is opening hearts and homes to refugees from Ukraine, now under invasion by Russia. With memories of Soviet-era repression still fresh in Lithuania's national memory, she also highlighted why Ukraine’s fight matters not only for that nation, but for freedom itself.

With many teens and young adults feeling they're "trapped" in their own bodies, Mary Rice Hasson, co-founder of Person and Identity Project at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, unpacks the transgender phenomenon -- and how it looks through the prism of the Catholic understanding of personhood and human sexuality.

Do you think you're on your own when it comes to struggling with sin? Or do you have some hidden expectations of God that actually lead to resentment? Brendan Zehner, a seminarian at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, shares with Inside CatholicPhilly.com how Christ actually understands our worst temptations, and our deepest selves.

John Mulderig of Catholic News Service shares his thoughts on movie releases for the summer of 2021, along with his take on how COVID has impacted the film industry -- and why popcorn is more than just a snack.