The story of Noah’s Ark employs a great deal of figurative language to express an absolute truth about God and our relationship with him. Father Chris Alar, MIC, explains what we can learn from the true story of Noah and the great flood and how the Ark prefigures the Church.  

The Church doesn’t actually have a definitive teaching regarding what weddings that we can attend as Catholics. Strictly speaking, there is no law against attending an invalid wedding, but the fact that something isn’t illegal doesn’t mean that it is morally permissible. Father Chris Alar, MIC, explains.Then hear Bishop William Byrne of Springfield, Massachusetts, as he shares his wisdom on real love modeled after Jesus, the kind that seeks nothing for itself and always points us towards God.

We can say this 15th-century saint placed himself up on a pillar, but it's not what you think.