This week on Catholic Review Radio, Christopher Gunty talks with Baltimore Archbishop William Lori for a look back at 2020 and a look ahead to the new year.

Discalced Carmelite Father Reginald Foster — a world-renowned teacher of Latin, former longtime Vatican Latinist and colorful character who intrigued journalists — died in Milwaukee Dec. 25 at the age of 81.

So, I am not making any specific New Year’s resolutions. But I love choosing an inspirational word of the year and a saint of the year.

As the fifth anniversary of his apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia” approaches, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church will dedicate more than a year to focusing on the family and conjugal love.

We don’t need a star to guide us to Jesus. But I like to think of how God leaves little invitations to draw us closer to Him everywhere we turn.