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"What do John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh have in common?" "Where is Solomon’s temple located?" These jokes and an array of faith-based puzzles, brainsteasers, and word games are the...

"What do John the Baptist and Winnie the Pooh have in common?" "Where is Solomon’s temple located?" These jokes and an array of faith-based puzzles, brainsteasers, and word games are the...

The Virgin Mary’s part in history doesn’t begin and end with her yes to God. Popular Catholic author Mike Aquilina points out that Mary is at the center of history from creation to the...

Hockey-playing Catholic bishop Thomas J. Paprocki has a message for teens and young adults: athletics and fitness provide daily ways to connect with God. Bishop Paprocki weaves his unique personal...

How can Catholics explain what the Church teaches about the relationship between science and faith? Scientist, writer, and scholar Stacy Trasancos gives us ways we can talk about how science and our...

What if you could improve your physical health while deepening your spiritual life? In Running for a Higher Purpose, Most Rev. Thomas John Paprocki, Catholic bishop of Springfield—a marathon...

Suspense, politics, sin, death, sex, and redemption: Not the plot of the latest crime novel, but elements of the true history of the Catholic Church. Larger-than-life saints such as Athanasius of...