Chesterton once said that there are two ways of getting home. One of them is to stay there. The other is to walk round the whole world till we come back to the same place. Since the Church is our true home, we could say that the first is a good description of a cradle Catholic, the second of a revert like me. But there is a third way of getting home: to discover it for the first time...

The world tells you that dependence is weakness, but it's actually what makes us human. The truth is, you can’t live without being dependent. From the moment we’re born to the moment we die, we’re relying on other people. And that’s okay! In fact, it’s the way God intended. In this episode of The Chris Stefanick Show, I sit down with Catholic writer Leah Libresco Sargeant, to discuss her new book "The Dignity of Dependence: A Feminist Manifesto." Leah challenges the lie...

I was surprised recently when the algorithm gods pointed me — after I spent several days watching news and commentary about the Charlie Kirk assassination — to a new tribute song in honor of the Turning Point USA leader. Okay, I wasn’t expecting Lady Gaga to release something like “Goodbye My Friend (A Tribute To Charlie Kirk).” But this wasn’t a tribute to Kirk, it was actually Lady Gaga’s heartfelt farewell to the great singer Tony Bennett...

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin declined on Tuesday a lifetime achievement award he was scheduled to receive from the Archdiocese of Chicago’s office of human dignity and solidarity. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich issued an announcement on the subject at the same time senior leaders at the U.S. bishops’ conference were confidentially preparing to release a statement on the Durbin award, and had already informed the Vatican’s U.S. representative of their plans, according to several sources close to the process.

It all went down with breakneck speed: a papal intervention into a weekslong controversy in the Pontiff’s home city, followed just hours later by the abrupt end of the controversy in question. The next day, Catholics are still trying to understand what just happened. A tumultuous five hours on Tuesday began at about 2 p.m. ET, when an EWTN Vatican journalist asked Pope Leo XIV to address the ongoing controversy over Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plan...

Many online celebrity exorcists are not strengthening faith. They are distorting it. Twisting the image of God until, frankly, He no longer even looks Catholic. He looks pagan. And this is why I write. Because what’s being passed off as Catholicism in these circles isn’t always doctrine. It’s opinion, speculation, and at times little more than spooky stories disguised as homilies. And it is hurting people...

The Swiss Guards, who have protected popes for the last five centuries, now have a new uniform. The mostly wool uniform is the recreation of a historic military dress for use at galas and other important dinners and will not replace the iconic red, orange, and blue “grand gala” uniforms for which the guards are famous. The Swiss-made garments were paid for by a benefactor and cost 2,000 euros...

For those unfamiliar with Ernest Shackleton, he has been called “the greatest leader of men.” After his ship — fittingly named Endurance — became trapped and destroyed by pack ice, he and his men spent nearly two years living on ice floes and small boats at the most desolate place on Earth. Shackleton fully realized that losing his nerve for one moment would inevitably result in the death of all 27 of his men...

My daughter had a birthday recently, rounding the solar circuit for the fourth time. I don’t know at what age a child is able to conceptualize time, or process the significance of “being” 4, or any other number. There was initial satisfaction for her in answering the question “how old are you” correctly with a new number, but it soon wore thin. Now she keeps saying increasingly outlandish numbers just to wind us up...

The life of faith is the greatest, most exhilarating life in the world. Sometimes. Other times it is the most tedious, thankless life in the world. It’s supposed to be that way. Here are six reasons why: First, a warning: You may not believe anything Jesus has to say, at first. Second: But think again and what Jesus says makes a lot of sense. Take the mustard seed first. Third: As to the treatment of servants, Jesus truly describes our lives again...