The Apostle Paul exhorts us to give thanks in all circumstances (cf. 1 Thess. 5:18). I confess some difficulty in meeting this exhortation, however, when it comes to the circumstances of our first and final […]
I have three reasons why Milo Yiannopoulos is so toxic that no one—and certainly no Catholic—ought to have given him a platform to promote his ideas free of any but the most gentle and sparse […]
When, several weeks ago, a Christian couple who own a bakery in Northern Ireland won a court ruling allowing them to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, it was international news. After […]
An essay published some five years ago purporting “to clear up confusion about excommunication” recently popped up again and sowed anew confusion on several aspects of excommunication. I don’t recall responding to the original publication but […]
“Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.” —Daniel 12:2, from the First Reading for the Thirty-third Sunday […]
Former First Lady Michelle Obama told ABC in an interview that will air tonight that Sasha and Malia were created through IVF. According to Obama, she and former President Barack Obama chose IVF after a […]
Washington D.C., Nov 16, 2018 / 06:56 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling abuse allegations against bishops, CNA has […]
Over the course of many years as a seminarian and priest, I have been blessed to attend beatifications of women who have made a singular impact on the life of the Church. For example, I […]
The statement by all five bishops in Missouri is direct and blunt. So is their cover letter to Timothy L. Doherty. Doherty, bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, is the chairman of the U.S. Conference of […]
I’m just old enough to remember when my elders still called November 11 “Armistice Day:” the armistice in question that which stopped the shooting in the Great War. As a military matter, World War I […]
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