In the following review, Br. Michael O'Connor, O.P., responds to various religious questions raised by last summer's blockbuster novel, The Shack.  Br. Michael writes from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.

GOD IS WITH US:
A Catholic Response to The Shack
by Br. Michael Dominic O'Connor, O.P.

There is no greater religious problem than the problem of evil. Men and women of…  » More

On April 20, the Angelicum University in Rome awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Theology to the renowned Dominican biblical scholar Fr. Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, O.P.  On hand at the ceremony to confer the honorary degree was the Grand Chancellor of the Angelicum and Master of the Order of Preachers, the Very Reverend Carlos Azpiroz Costa, O.P. 

Fr. Murphy-O'Connor is a Professor of New Testament…  » More

To mark the approaching conclusion of the Jubilee Year for Priests, Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy, has written a personal letter to the Church's priests worldwide.  In it, Cardinal Hummes expresses the wish of the Holy Father to confirm the excellent witness rendered by the vast majority of priests, and to encourage them to continue to grow in holiness…  » More

At yesterday's General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the priest's participation in Christ's munus docendi.  In all, the Holy Father's words offer us a beautiful Easter meditation on the preacher's unique exercise of this sacred office.

GENERAL AUDIENCE ADDRESS
April 14, 2010

Dear friends,
 
In this Easter season, which leads us to Pentecost and also directs us to the celebrations…  » More

The following article by Fr. Romanus Cessario, O.P., appears in the most recent English Edition of Nova et Vetera (Vol. 8, No. 1 [2010]: 1-15). It is reprinted below with permission.

Aquinas on the Priest: Sacramental Realism and the Indispensable and Irreplaceable Vocation of the Priest
ROMANUS CESSARIO, O.P.
St. John's Seminary
Brighton, Massachusetts 

The Priest as Head, Shepherd, and…  » More

Click above to hear this week's edition of "Word to Life."

Joining me on today's show to discuss the readings for the Second Sunday of Easter, now known as Divine Mercy Sunday, were Fr. Gabriel Gillen, O.P., who serves the University Parish of St. Joseph in Greenwich Village, and Fr. Dan Cambra, M.I.C., the Provincial Superior of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception here in the United States. …  » More

This year, Fr. Brian Mulcahy, O.P., the Socius and Vicar of the Prior Provincial, was given the special grace of being invited to celebrate the Sacred Triduum with the community of cloistered Dominican Nuns at St. Dominic's Monastery, which is located near Linden, VA, atop the Shenandoah Valley's beautiful Blue Mountain.  Here below you will find the three homilies he preached.

JM + JD
Holy…  » More

HOMILY OF POPE BENEDICT XVI
Mass of the Lord's Supper
April 1, 2010

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In his Gospel, Saint John, more fully than the other three evangelists, reports in his own distinctive way the farewell discourses of Jesus; they appear as his testament and a…  » More

On Holy Thursday morning, the priests of Rome joined Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica to celebrate the Chrism Mass.  Below is the homily the Holy Father delivered to them.

HOMILY OF POPE BENEDICT XVI
Chrism Mass
April 1, 2010

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

At the centre of the Church’s worship is the notion of "sacrament". This means that it is not primarily we who act, but God comes…  » More

Click here and here for audio of the Easter homilies preached at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York City.

As is the case every year, the Easter Vigil was the highlight of St. Vincent's celebration of the Triduum.  The Exultet, the triple Alleluia, the renewal of baptismal promises---all of these once-a-year observances helped us to hail the resurrection of our Blessed Lord with renewed…  » More