We read, see, and hear a growing accumulation of stories in the news of small businesses being persecuted for not providing services to celebrate a
Perhaps you’ve noticed Ashley Madison trending on the Internet lately. The story here is one of the saddest I’ve heard or read about in
It is hard to believe but it has been nearly seven months since my friend Paul Coakley went to receive his eternal reward. His wife,
One Sunday a while back, a family of five filled a pew at church near where I was sitting during Mass. That family grabbed
In his August 5, 2015 General Audience, Pope Francis broached the controversial topic of civilly divorced Catholics who have remarried. The secular media lit
The Supreme Court ruling on same-sex “marriage” settled the legal question, but the debates go on regarding the social and moral ramifications. How do
This column is the tenth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the
Lately, there is a lot of talk within Christian circles how to live the Faith in the midst of a morally-decaying (and increasingly hostile) Western
I am hoping that writing this article will be therapeutic for me. I could not write at all for a few weeks. My twenty-year-old nephew
I was a Catholic Worker in Nebraska from 1976 til around 1980. What I can say is that working with the poor and living among
Five years ago, I heard about a couple of other women praying to St. Anne for her intercession that they would, “find a man, as
The Supreme Court’s recent rendering on same-sex marriage continues to be met with mixed emotions. Many feel this was the correct decision since those who
The recent Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision declared that legal marriage must be extended to same-sex couples. This is a monumental legal decision
As is our habit for July birthdays, my adult daughter and I go to a movie to celebrate. This is a decades long tradition for
I was curious about the logistics. How did Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka have kids? In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, they explained. “It
The decision of the Supreme Court extending marriage to homosexual pairs is a contradiction, not only of revelation by God, but of human nature and of the
For her birthday today, I decided to bake my daughter’s favorite – Chess Cake. It’s an old recipe, from a great-aunt who died 30 years
First, a little background. When we look back to our country’s founding, we take pride in the reasons for its formation; a “bad king” and
This column is the ninth in a series of introductory essays on “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis for the
With regard to gay “marriage”, here is a list of the questions I come across most often, with my brief answers: -1- “Why are you
A sticky note on the bottom of my computer monitor at work features three simple words, but a powerful command: Be Jesus Today If I
The times, they are a-changin’. It can arguably be said that we are in a moral crisis mode unequalled in history. Certainly, there have been
A friend of mine from college named Paul Coakley recently passed away. His death has had a tremendous impact on my life and in the
Dear Justice Kennedy: #SCOTUS Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science, says, “Most people who support same-sex ‘marriage,’ including many gays, do so for benevolent
