Over the years many practicing Catholics and conservatives have cringed when Alec Baldwin spoke or joked. He could sound so arrogant. I cringe thinking of
“One day we will again see our animals in the eternity of Christ.” attributed to Pope Paul VI, consoling a boy who had lost his
In the context of a technological assay, such as a screening test for a disease, a false positive is a failure, but, if its frequency
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins or mortal sins because it kills the life of sanctifying grace within us. Pride is the key
Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the salvation of others. . . They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build
Who’s your God? Asked another way: “Where is your happiness?” Is it in God, the Almighty, the source of infinite light, love, mercy and goodness?
I would like to share a story with you about my father. Dad was a physician and an agnostic for most of his life. It
On July 23rd, our tenth child made his first confession. As he sat at the pew waiting for his turn, my son was quiet but
As a spouse and father of three, it can sometimes feel like a guilty luxury to get away to attend to your spiritual needs. If
Faith is a gift given by God, a gift we can nourish and help grow or a gift we can squander. The question arises whether
In “Truth, Unrealism, and the Danger of Skepticism,” I argued that Cartesian skepticism poses a threat not only to science but also to knowledge through
Last month I wrote about how many Catholic Churches are being vandalized or burned. While writing that article I began to reflect on another topic
By Steven Smith, Dr. Alan Moy, and Dr. Russell Gonnering This is Part III of a three-part series on the covid vaccine and the mass
Catholic teaching on human sexuality is clear as crystal. God created two sexes – male and female. To enable the human race to flourish, God
When Dostoyevsky wrote his famous line in The Idiot, amid the squalor and anxiety of an impending revolution, he could barely imagine the hell which
By Antonio J. Galindo Aleman Skepticism is a way of looking at the world and its relation to the human mind. Although it is an
Off the Shelf 227 – Mike Aquilina This week I’m joined by my good friend Mike Aquilina to talk about…friendship. Mike has an excellent book
Rustling paper welcomed yet another useless ballpoint pen I’d flung into the trash. One dog lifted a sleepy eyebrow, the other too old to be
We know that the Church honors saints because they give us an example of how to follow the will of God and seek perfection, even
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As soon as you read or hear those names, it’s likely your thoughts turn to one of the most terrible moments of
Henry David Thoreau was a nineteenth-century American philosopher who could remind one in a few words about timeless and timely issues we face today in
We recently had the Fathers of Mercy at our parish for a parish mission. Father Joseph Aytona asked us what we offer when the Priest
