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By Father James V. Schall, S.J., CERC - What is unique about Catholicism, and on this uniqueness it stands or falls, is its claim to be true. Many philosophies and religions likewise claim to be true. Indeed, even the claim to be true implies that the function of the human mind is itself to be critically examined especially when it comes to religion…. Catholicism's claim to be true is not proclaimed in a kind of vacuum. It is a concrete faith. Catholicism's intellectual side has manifested a serious attempt, according to time and place, no less so today than ten or fifteen centuries ago, to meet the arguments that reject, on whatever basis, its truth.

By Sam Guzman, Catholic Exchange - Holy Church has dedicated June to the veneration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus… In the Sacred Heart, we see a heart both human and Divine, but most of all a heart of flesh. The Sacred Heart reminds that Christ didn’t just embrace some of our humanity, but all of it. This should bring us comfort, “for we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sinning” (Heb. 4:15).

By Jeffrey Bruno, Aleteia - As they stood exchanging laughs and lighthearted banter, it was interesting to consider that each arrived at this destination by traveling a long and winding road of discernment, each with his own story to tell. The call they responded to was prayerfully discerned, nurtured and supported, and the role of the “domestic Church,” the family, was foundational to them standing as they were right in that little room.....