According to Cosmopolitan magazine, “feminist” activist Gloria Steinem said the following about Pope Francis: I had this thought that we should have this massive education
Pope Francis has become one of the most talked about popes since Pope St. John Paul II. He’s also one of the most controversial popes
A few weeks ago in the Gospel of Luke (9:46-50), the disciples were arguing about who was first — who was best — to Jesus.
The Pope’s prayer intention for the month of October is that “human trafficking, the modern form of slavery, may be eradicated”. Having grown up in
Today, I say goodbye to a little boy whom I have never met but whose very existence touched hearts around the world. This story
A dangerous prayer At the beginning of this Christian journey, a blossoming new-life ethic was not overwhelming, but it was hard. It was a light
According to pop culture’s definition of ‘soulmates’, I didn’t marry mine. When my husband and I met, our eyes didn’t simultaneously gaze across a crowded
“The New Emangelization Project” has documented that there’s a serious and growing Catholic “man crisis” in the U.S. One-third of baptized Catholic men have
Have you ever delved into the notes provided in the New American Bible? That is the translation used in the English Lectionary. The United States
Early one brisk January evening a few years ago, I was driving to a speaking engagement at a parish in North Seattle. As I exited
Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has had the presence of mind to call two synods on the family to develop pastoral consensus on the
October is known as the month of the Holy Rosary. In honor of this recognition, let’s examine some of the history of the rosary, what
This year’s summer and fall terms brought two significant changes to the otherwise repetitive routine of my graduate school life. First, after years of living
There are over a million members of the Society of St. Pius X (“SSPX”) in the world today, and all of them, whether they are
Cancer is always a devastating diagnosis; a genetic makeup showing a propensity for the BRCA 1 defect brings an outlook even more overwhelming. Ten years
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.” – Jesus (Matthew 7:12) The Golden Rule.
There are two common and distinct approaches to the question of the infallibility of the Church’s teaching authority. Non-Catholics deny that any human person or
“This, indeed, is probably one of the Enemy’s motives for creating a dangerous world—a world in which moral issues really come to the point.
How often have we all heard ill-informed people claim that the “Whore of Babylon” mentioned in the book of Revelation is the Vatican / Holy Catholic Church?
The famous psychologist, Leon Festinger, proposed his Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, to explain how individuals rationalize their way away from discomfort to comfort, from inconsistency
As Pope Francis traveled to Cuba and then to the United States he stressed that his visits were pastoral, not political. He is the shepherd
The grocery store line was long. Really long. “What is wrong with you idiots? Get another checker! This isn’t rocket science,” the young woman called
“Life means ‘getting our feet dirty’ from the dust-filled roads of life and history” – Pope Francis Last Tuesday, I had no intention of going to
So long as the weather was neither too wet nor too cold in Groton, Massachusetts, the students would process out to a grotto during the
