For the latest on the best punditry, analysis, and news in the Catholic blogosphere click on Big ☧ulpit. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John ...

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NOTE: After this column appeared, I received a very polite note from Richard Patterson, the author of the theory discussed below, to correct me on several points. The major issue he took is that there ...

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Pope John Paul II’s most recent book of poetry has sold more than 600,000 copies and will soon be released in Japanese, the Vatican announced March 2. “The Roman Triptych” is a three-part meditation ...

One of Ireland's largest Catholic dioceses has established a ban on funeral eulogies that include songs, poems, and readings that do not meet specific religious guidelines. Bishop of Meath Dr. Michael ...

Prince Charles reads “God’s Grandeur” by Jesuit Father Gerard Manley Hopkins for the Easter Meditation of Stonyhurst College in England. (Credit: Clarence House/Twitter.) Listen LEICESTER, United ...

Amanda Gorman recites a poem at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 20, 2021, during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. She is a parishioner at St. Brigid Catholic Church in ...

When writer Norbert Krapf returned to his home state of Indiana after spending more than 30 years in Long Island, he finally felt ready to confront the abuse he experienced from his church's priest as ...

Prince Charles has recorded verse by acclaimed poet and Catholic priest Gerard Manley Hopkins to show support for Christians at Easter. The Prince of Wales, 72, has narrated the Hopkins poem God's ...