The Kidney-Donation Process About three years ago, my brother-in-law began dialysis. One kidney did not function at all and the other had only ten-percent functionality.
According to a recent OSV news article, the USCCB backs the efforts of PEPFAR. As you might expect, the USCCB’s relief and development agency, Catholic
If you are a man who wants a more fulfilling life, you might consider joining or starting an Exodus 90 program in your parish. Exodus
Because of a past professional career in exercise science and physical fitness, I like to make analogies from the physical domain to the spiritual domain
Me and discipline did not get along for 48 years of my life. I equated discipline to being punished like a child who misbehaved or
“Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.” ~Victor Frankl (neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, author, Holocaust survivor) Wim Hof, colloquially known as
Ages ago, I used to think the word “hang-ups” referred only to a person’s petty insecurities, say, a manager’s being annoyed by a subordinate’s brilliance
I got reminded two months ago that Death is coming for me. The cardiologist, who had incidentally diagnosed my late mother’s atrial fibrillation, told me
As Christians we all have a mission. Christ commissioned all of us to go forth and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20). After the
In his 11/1/22 article, I was delighted that Father Nathaniel Dryer spoke of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church. As per my
Over the past 40+ years, I have learned that God’s love and mercy is beyond anything we can comprehend or grasp. It is Catholic teaching
We all know fasting is an essential part of the Christian spiritual life. Our Lord noted that some demons are only driven out “with prayer
Perhaps in retrospect, one of the most prescient films of the new millennium is Surrogates. The premise of this 2009 science fiction thriller, starring Bruce
Transhumanism is rapidly advancing upon us. At the same time a transhuman precursor has already engulfed our culture – transgenderism. The nearly complete loss of
Let’s face it – most of us live in the worst moments of our lives. Something bad happened to us ten or twenty years ago,
Did you know that work in the “corporate jungle” could be a lot less overwhelming, stressful, or boring if only people would start remembering and
BY: Dr. Ralph A. Capone, MD, FACP Trust in American health care has ebbed over the past 50 years. From 1966 to 2012, the adults
Forgiveness and letting go of resentment– it’s something about which much has been written–and about which, after all is said and done, more is usually
In the distant arcane past, in the dark expanse of ages before the ubiquity of reliable turn-by-turn navigation, people were obliged to use confoundedly confusable
We’ve all heard it said that some marriages are “made in heaven,” but couples who have been married a long time and those who have
It is not easy to read the news these days for most, if not all, people. As a mother, it is absolutely heart-wrenching at times.
Imagine for a few minutes that Jesus is staying with some neighbours down the road just like 2000 years ago when he travelled slowly through
