As the GOP primaries heat up, one major topic the candidates are dealing with is the question of religion. One candidate in particular, Mitt Romney, is being challenged on the fact that he is an active member of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Many are worried that his choice of religion will interfere with [...]

In the hierarchy of the church, the ecclesiastical princes are called Cardinals, senior ecclesiastical officials who counsel the pope. As a collective group, they form the College of Cardinals, which serves the function of electing a new pontiff when necessary. Individually cardinals are bishops or archbishops of dioceses and some administer departments of the Roman [...]

Many Catholic groups on campus have radically different modes of worship. While some students prefer the traditional Latin Mass, others prefer Masses where pop culture songs dominate, while still others tend to frequent Masses where lay preaching is in vogue. A common, Catholic misconception is that higher forms of the Mass, forms in which Tradition [...]

Fr. Joe Laramie is a graduate student at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, having earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree a nd working towards his Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.). He has been at Boston College for four years, and he was ordained a priest this past June for the Missouri [...]

For those of us who were born after 1962, or were very young around that time, going to church has not changed much. It starts with the celebrant of the Mass walking in, giving an opening prayer, commencing the Liturgy of the Word, transitioning us into the Liturgy of the Eucharist, giving a closing prayer, [...]

St. Therese of Lisieux This past Saturday, October 1st, the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast Day of a very inspiring young saint. Just twenty-eight years after her death, Therese Martin was canonized as Saint Therese of Lisieux. She was born January 2nd, 1873 in Alencon, France and died September 30th, 1897. Therese of the Child [...]

The word “catholic” means universal, implying that the Faith is spread across the world through all countries and has therefore been adapted into the various cultures of the world. Though the Scripture readings and form of the Mass may be the same universally, the individual cultures are expressed and represented in the way people worship. [...]

Just before students began returning to classes, the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new policy that would require all group health care plans provided by employers – including many Catholic institutions – to cover prescription contraceptives and sterilization for women. The Interim Final Rules on Preventive Services (76 Fed. Reg. [...]

Continuing a centuries old tradition, University President Fr. William P. Leahy, SJ, assisted by Fr. Jack Butler and Fr. Gregory Kalscheur, led members of the Boston College community in the Mass of the Holy Spirit, a hallmark of Jesuit universities. Typically held outside in O’Neill Plaza, the Mass was celebrated in Conte Forum on September [...]

“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.” St. Rose of Lima, patroness of America, was famous for uttering and living these words. Born to wealthy parents in Peru, Rose was baptized as Isabel de Herrara. Her name later changed to Rose, inspired by the belief that [...]