There’s a steak house on East 50th Street in midtown Manhattan, to which Cardinal Timothy Dolan and I would sometimes walk for dinner after a pre-prandial or two in his sitting room. The restaurant was less […]
In Defense of Bishop Barron (The Fourth Watch): “Despite attacks from a certain segment of Catholic commentators, Bishop Barron is a model of how to be a good bishop in times of turmoil.” Settling accounts […]
A controversy that reached the United States Supreme Court twice and may be returning for a third round concerns state-mandated public postings of the Ten Commandments. In the most recent litigation involving the Commandments, the […]
Federal officials are investigating after a Los Angeles-area Catholic school was targeted in a major act of vandalism that included the beheading of a statue of the Blessed Mother. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights […]
Readings: Mal 3:1-4 Psa 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 The Gospel of Luke contains many details and stories about the infancy of Jesus not found elsewhere. Today’s Gospel reading is one such […]
The easy answer is no, Ellen is not a saint. Ellen Organ, also known as Little Nellie of Holy God, has not been canonized by the Catholic Church. It does not appear that her canonization […]
Imagine receiving a text from your blind and diabetic son who suffers from depression, telling you that he scheduled an appointment with a doctor to end his own life the next day. This happened to […]
Readings: • Zeph. 2:3; 3:12-13 • Psa. 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10 • 1 Cor. 1:26-31 • Matt. 5:1-12a During this Sunday’s Gospel Reading, we hear the Beatitudes, among the most well-known and oft-quoted sayings of Jesus. […]
Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, discussed the role of military chaplains, the the restoration of chapel contracts, and just war doctrine.Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military […]
In April 2023, Mattel began selling a new Barbie that had the features of a young woman with Down syndrome. At the time, I thought this was a great step forward for little girls who […]
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