If you ask me what I know of the accusations against the archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., Cdl. Theodore McCarrick, I must reply, very little.
“Out in the street, you don’t survive by being weak. This is our time, walls were made for us to climb. Don’t you try to lock
I remember, when my first son was born, my wife and I made the decision to stop by her grandfather’s house on the way home
One has to look far and wide to find positive images of Christianity and in particular the Catholic Church in today’s mainstream media and in
The giving of oneself to God and to neighbor is not only an act of charity. Giving it all requires a deep faith as well.
The highlight of a recent camping trip was meeting a Hungarian dinosaur-enthusiast. He wasn’t scared of our three small, crazy children. In fact, he and
Some 242 years ago Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States of America was born. We declared our freedom from the
“Just do your best.” Chances are you heard that growing up, and even now may still hear it in adulthood. But it misses the mark
For the past five or six years I have been attending a men’s group run by a non-denominational evangelical church. I would have liked to
This column is about worldview (metaphysics and epistemology) although it touches on social justice and politics as well. It is about the greatest challenge
On July 2, 2014, I walked into Santiago de Compostela, the Camino de Santiago, completing five hundred miles of pilgrimage with great jubilance and much
Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you
We all need to understand our own sexuality, and there’s a lot to learn. If you want to have a peaceful and meaningful life it
Michelangelo sculpted the Vatican Pieta, which is known worldwide and is, perhaps, the most viewed work of art in St. Peter’s church in the Vatican. Another
Here then are a few points I have written down to provide you with a standard of conduct to live up to; but our Lord,
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo. Did you know there could be a child
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
“The time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity, … will stop listening to
In our diocese of Buffalo, New York, we have just gone through the excruciating pain of the revelation of child sexual abuse and adult affairs
Trains and chains are popular analogies used to illustrate the argument for a First Cause, whom we call God. See: Reasons to Believe (p.
We use the word disciple a lot, but do we know what it really means? What images does that word conjure up? When you hear
