12 million people visit Notre-Dame annually, making it the most visited monument in Paris. Due to a blazing inferno on Monday evening the Lady will not be accepting visitors for a while. The night sky was filled smoke along with prayers, tears and music.

“Very few people believe in the devil these days,” stated Fulton Sheen in 1958, “which suits the devil very well. He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death.” And, that is how Satan would prefer it. 

The “Roman collar,” a white band that goes around the neck of a priest remains one of the most distinctive elements of clerical vesture. It speaks more loudly than any words and clearly identifies clergy members in a crowd of any size.

Reconciliation is what God does. Receiving it and celebrating it is what we do. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a most natural way to celebrate His forgiveness and love. In the Sacrament of Reconciliation is the opportunity to grow closer to God.

Chaplains are the military's religious leaders, responsible for tending to the spiritual and moral well-being of service members and their families. Chaplains are commissioned officers stationed wherever there are military members, including combat.

The start of a new liturgical year, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent, also marks the transition from one lectionary cycle (A, B, or C) to the next. These cycles are a result of the Second Vatican Council, and changed the Sunday readings at Mass.

Who is a ‘Practicing Catholic’? The descriptions range from a 'chreaster’ to a 'cafeteria Catholic', who assert a Catholic faith yet dissent from one or more doctrinal teachings, to someone who has been sacramentally initiated into the Catholic Church.

In a recent blog, Sister Nancy Linenkugel, suggests we should im-peace the whole bunch in national government. Sister reminds us that peace comes from the heart. What is peace? Peace is several things including calmness and tranquility. Peace be with you.

Charity is the Foremost Principle of the Knights of Columbus. The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882, it was named for Christopher Columbus.

Almsgiving means donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity. As one of the three pillars of Lenten practice, almsgiving is "a witness to fraternal charity" and  "a work of justice pleasing to God."