What Dante Taught Me About Humility

Friday, November 10, 2023

Christopher M. Bellitto

It’s humbling to write a book about humility. It’s hard to talk about, too. How can you say, “I’m proud to be humble” or “Fall in line behind my shining example of humility”? As a Yiddish proverb teaches, “Too humble is half proud.”

Deacon-structing the Four Last Things

Monday, November 2, 2020

Deacon Pedro

How often do you think about death? Purgatory? Hell? Deacon Pedro walks us through what the Church teaches about what happens after this life.

Deacon-structing: What are Indulgences?

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Deacon Pedro

Confused about indulgences? Want to know what they are and how they work? Deacon Pedro helps us understand this beautiful and ancient Catholic tradition.

Weekly News Round Up – September 30, 2016

Friday, September 30, 2016

Noel Ocol

Welcome to S+L’s Weekly News Round-Up. As the Director of Marketing and Communications here at S+L, many interesting Catholic news stories and articles come across my desk on a daily basis. Some of them we’ll cover on our different television programs and others I’d like to share with you on this blog. This blog column […]

Laser-Sharp Churches, Lego & The Apostles: Where They Are Now

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Noel Ocol

Deacon-structing Heaven: Part 2

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Deacon Pedro

Last time ,we looked at what Scriptures tell us about Heaven. Perhaps we do know more about Heaven than we think. Well, I guess, at least we know with certainty that we are going to die. So what happens when we die? We believe that we will be judged for our actions during this life. But […]

A Saint Mystic on Purgatory

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday general audience this week highlights the life of St. Catherine of Genoa. Two things stood out for me about this talk: the 15th century saint’s words on purgatory and also what the Holy Father said about mystics. He recounted the “profound union” Catherine had with God, but that she also cared […]