Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) is an incredibly complex figure, an immensely influential and vastly charitable saint of great faith on the one hand, and a stubborn, headstrong, and deeply, fatally flawed human on the […]

Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) is an incredibly complex figure, an immensely influential and vastly charitable saint of great faith on the one hand, and a stubborn, headstrong, and deeply, fatally flawed human on the […]
In this penitential season of Lent, we Catholics are on a spiritual journey to develop habits of prayer and to abstain from excess as we work with God to be made anew in Christ’s image. […]
Today is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, also known as The Purification of Mary, also known as Candlemas, and also, not coincidentally, Groundhog Day. Suffice it to say that there is a […]
If you were to stop your average Roman Catholic on the street today and ask them to explain the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary today, chances are that you’d get […]
You may have noticed a change in the décor around church this Sunday: perhaps there were some new missalettes in the pews or maybe your priest greeted you in his homily with a hearty “Happy […]
The theology of All Souls’ Day is often explained in connection with Purgatory; for example, Michael Rubbelke wrote a great post on Purgatory and prayers for the dead last year during Daily Theology’s Halloween-themed Shark […]
One of the longest-running comedies in history, The Simpsons is currently airing in a massive marathon on the FXX network. It’s an enormous Simpsons event: not only will it take nearly two weeks to air […]
When the other Daily Theology writers asked me to take part in my second Theological Shark Week, I jumped at the opportunity to kick off this week’s Holy Spirit-themed series with…the Beatitudes. [Long sigh] The […]
On Monday, May 12th, Pope Francis framed his homily around the day’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the episode when Peter is forced to recognize the common humanity and valid desire for baptism […]
By Katharine Mahon I saw this gem of a meme on Facebook the other day; it says, “End the War on Halloween! Put the “Hallow” back in HALLOWEEN!!!” This meme’s creator is riffing off of […]
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