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The Lord’s Descent into Hell | An Ancient Author: A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday in which Christ descends to free the virtuous and lead them to the kingdom of heaven. buff.ly/YCNPd7J

The Seven Last Words of Christ | Ven. Fulton J. Sheen: The Crucifixion was atonement for all who have had faith and lost it; for all who once were saints and now are sinners. It was the Divine Act of Redemption for all abandonment of God, for in that . . .buff.ly/v54yjAR

St. John Paul II, Priest | Stephen P. White: A saint is someone who lives in such a way that Christ shines through them; a saint is transparent to Christ. St. John Paul II was transparent to the beauty and mystery of the . . .buff.ly/wdpXW7R

The Week of Holy and High Ambition | Joseph R. Wood: This is the week for greatness of soul, for our deification (theosis) that the Eastern churches speak of, to be as divine as we are meant to be. buff.ly/wWxAhGX

That Prof. Hahn has achieved what he has as a layman is a fruit of Vatican II, uniting the mandate to return to the Bible with the baptismal mission to evangelize. @catholicthing #catholicchurch thecatholicthing.org/2026/03/28/sco…

Our Untouchables | Randall Smith: There is no getting around the stark reality that facing aging and death is not easy. It is the cross we must bear before the resurrection. buff.ly/B1k9C7d

Robert Royal Interviews Lebanese Bishop Georges Bacouni on War and Catholic Church in Middle East youtube.com/watch?v=zu8zPt… #faithundersiege

Holy Work: Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’ | Brad Miner on what many consider the world's most beautiful work of art by the artist who was both the most catholic and the most Catholic. buff.ly/I0SYnQZ

Blessed Is He Who Mourns | Fr. Paul D. Scalia: O God, who in this season give your Church the grace to imitate devoutly the Blessed Virgin Mary in contemplating the Passion of Christ. buff.ly/IKrH38I

Scott Hahn and His Happy Band of Convert Brothers | Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: That Prof. Hahn has achieved what he has as a layman is a fruit of Vatican II, uniting the mandate to return to the Bible with the baptismal mission to evangelize. buff.ly/bfWYWaS

The Nine Billion Names of God | Francis X. Maier: The Hebrew root word for holy (kadosh) means “other than.” We’re meant to be other than the ways of the world and worthy witnesses to God’s love. buff.ly/BjEemOP

Catholics and “Surveillance Capitalism” | Michael Pakaluk on a rule for AI users: “Become through your education someone who is positioned to make good use of AI rather than be replaced by it.” buff.ly/NGObhBh

The Deepest Reality of the Greatest Event Ever to Take Place | Matthew D. Walz on the Angelus and the angel's message to Mary and her “Fiat!" This is what we celebrate today: The Annunciation of Our Lord. buff.ly/n0gmhNe

Double-Lives in the ‘Naked Public Square’ | John M. Grondelski: In an age utterly obsessed with identitarian issues, it’s a paradox that observant Jews and Christians are told to hide theirs. buff.ly/DcnfrcD

Thoughts about War in a Lenten Season | Robert Royal: We should never be complacent about violence, let alone war. But we should be sober about peace and “dialogue,” or that politics is a remedy for the human condition in a fallen world. buff.ly/GFeFJHD

No matter where you stand on the Traditional Latin Mass or the Mass of the Second Vatican Council, this is one of the best essays on the sacred liturgy that has been written in years. It is an essay that every Catholic should read. Read it in the @catholicthing: thecatholicthing.org/2026/03/21/the…

Awake, O Sleeper and Rise | Fr. Benedict Kiely: It is for us to be brought back to life that everything – from the Annunciation to the Ascension and Pentecost – was decreed necessary by the Creator who so loved the world. buff.ly/CHstUcd

The ‘Polar Unity’ of the Two Forms of the Roman Rite | Fr. ‘Amare Nesciri’: The Roman Rite, like the Church herself, is not a monolith but a communion. Its unity does not depend on uniformity but on a shared sacramental center: the Eucharistic . . .buff.ly/jwRVYCB

Free Spirits | David Warren: Whether in theology or even politics (to present politics in its religious form), when heat is removed – the heat of the divine – everything begins to resemble everything else. buff.ly/aOQSpBo

When the New Things Come Again | Stephen P. White: It is Lent and the crocuses are blooming. The new things are come again. They always do. And it is all gratuity and wonder. It seems to be His way. buff.ly/CF6Iod1