Election Day. Nearly noon. Appropriately, the sky is dark and a heavy rain is falling. I’m in...
I think I need to post both realistic and yet encouraging words today. The re-election of Donald...
Disregarding the differences between mortal and venial sins have had damaging consequences to the...
Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary allows us to share in the grief of both Mother and Son as...
St. Augustine (354-430) did not believe in sola Scriptura. He believed in the infallibility of the...
When I was really young my father taught me one of the most valuable skills that a parent can...
If I had been born in Mexico, my life would have been different. Still, growing up with Mexican...
Way back when, I started a series of articles revolving around a few objections non-Catholics...
Donald Trump was elected the 47th President of the United States on November 6th. This election...
Recently, I met with seven other Catholics to discuss art and faith. We met in a busy café and...
Today’s liturgy reminds us of the value of some everyday believers who gave everything they could:...
We all are juggling some way. Lately, I've been juggling three children to sleep. That had me...
Jesus' healing of Peter's mother-in-law from today's Gospel has a lot to say about our innate...
Practically unknown in Mexico before the 1980s, Saint Jude Thaddeus has catapulted to the top...
Some time ago, I wrote a number of blog posts about the troubles that boys and men were having in...
Edward Berger’s Conclave (2024) has the audacity to dress everyone in the right clothes.
Based on a novel loved by director Dallas Jenkins, 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' is a rare...
La Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro en Jerusalén es el lugar más sagrado de la fe cristiana. Su tejado...
If they wish to appeal to Catholic voters, Democrats must abandon the far left and endeavor to...
Like other Catholic novelists, Maguire is depicting the drama of salvation, and he's willing to go...
Just said we are to let the dead bury the dead, so that we can continue to take on and help and...
Capitalism works best when subordinate to politics as in the social democracy of the New Deal Era.
Call me a crabby, bitter spinster, but a new trend has been popping up over the last few Olympics...
Mark 12.38-44, RSV-CE Russian ikon of St. Mark (16th c.) And in his teaching he said, “Beware of...
To successfully endure the repeated waiting in medical offices and hospital rooms, a wife has to...
Pope Francis has recently come under intense scrutiny (again), with some detractors (mis-)labeling...
There is something about St. Augustine that I have always loved. His writings come alive in a way...
Eucharistic Adoration of Jesus brings us Peace
In totally predictable fashion, a certain segment of constantly-outraged Christians are tossing...
I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book, A Catholic Engagement with Latter-Day...
The recent 10th National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis offered "reverent liturgies" as a...
The president we elect will represent our nation. He or she will be visible and audible to each of...
"Jack Torrance—Everyman or Monster?" Kubrick showed us that Jack the Monster made for riveting...
The answer is pretty straightforward, at least where Catholics are following Catholic teaching and...
The seasons and feasts contained within the Catholic liturgy are central to understanding the...
By commemorating All Souls' Day, the Catholic Church encourages Catholic to always pray for those...
Nothing shows us more starkly what we don't want to be than what, in our worst moments, we do in...
I’m seeing a great deal of effort from the usual suspects to argue that the sex-abuse-and-coverup...