Pope Francis I keep having the same exchange with my seriously Catholic friends whenever Pope Francis comes up in conversation. It goes something like this:
The local Charismatic group were celebrating forty years since their foundation and were preparing a special Mass for that purpose. The readings, the psalms, and
” this spiritual worldliness lurks behind a fascination with social and political gain, or pride in their ability to manage practical affairs, or an obsession
If you were fortunate enough to attend daily Mass during Ordinary Time in February, then you were able to get a pretty nice look at
My daughter gave me a CD for Christmas called Alma Mater: Featuring the Voice of Pope Benedict XVI. The first time I played it, I ended
Our Catholic faith allows us to benefit from incredible resources in terms of literature and spiritual thought – on the Bible, on the liturgy, on
Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited, a novel in dramatic form, revolves around a conversation between two men, Black and White, about the existence of
In today’s ideologically charged and politically polarized society terms like GOP Catholics, conservative Catholics, Catholic Democrats, and liberal Catholics are getting thrown around way too
In 1964 a young man named Jean Vanier visited an asylum for the disabled at the invitation of a priest friend, who was a chaplain
This Lent we have already read some harsh condemnation of the Pharisees in the gospel. One of the more recent ones was Matthew 23:1-12. This
Just over a year ago I was still living a life of hedonism, iniquity and the nihilistic, numbing pursuit of pleasure. But I was saved
It’s no secret that young people are abandoning the church. The reasons behind the rebellion and abandonment are complex. No one seems to have a
We Catholics are familiar with Lent as a time of fasting and penance. We are told every year that during this time we ought to
“He will fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting” (Job 8:21). Today is St. Patrick’s Day. A day of joy and celebration
Philip Lawler is the editor of Catholic World News and is one of America’s most incisive Catholic journalists and commentators. A graduate of Harvard College
As the world gets darker and becomes more evil with its headlong embrace of abortion, pornography, homosexuality, adultery, atheism, worldliness, euthanasia, divorce and remarriage, lack
The Parable of the Lost Sheep What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in
Having finished our lunch that day, one of my non-Catholic coworkers and I decided to take a walk around the building for a few minutes, just
I have never been interested in fishing, hunting or camping, so it is very surprising that one of my favorite shows on television right now
There is a strand in American Christianity that is often called “me and Jesus” Christianity. To have Jesus, you don’t need the Church. You’ll most
Currency, by definition, is a “medium of exchange” between two parties. It provides a common mechanism by which things are traded. At my local Starbucks,
Churches around the United States are disappearing. Parishes consolidating, dwindling numbers of cradle Catholics that no longer attend Church, mixed signals from the leadership of the
