The contentious nature of the 2016 political season exposed a division so wide as to have literally split our nation in two. Even the
An article that appeared a few days ago via the fake site abcnews.co.com, claiming that the “Amish American Brotherhood” had endorsed Donald Trump and that
A while back, my friend Heather suggested a topic for a Catholic Stand article: “What it’s really like to be a youth leader.” The only
Next Sunday, November 27, marks the beginning of Advent, the season of hopeful, joyful longing as we wait for the birth of our Lord. This
The Power of Images To Change Lives Marie Constantin, the photographer and author of Finding Calcutta: Memoirs of a Photographer, understands images have power, more power than
Heresy is running rampant in America. At least that’s what the headline on a recent article at The Federalist said. The article, “Survey Finds Most
Calling on God for Help in Dealing with Others Improving our relationships with others is a work that continues throughout our lives. From the time
As we approach the end of this liturgical year, the Church reminds us to contemplate life after death. One doctrine clearly taught by Christ is
On occasion, someone will ask me, essentially, “What am I supposed to do with this burden, and how am I supposed to handle this one?” Once
The Current Situation We Face Can Seem Daunting In his recent e-mail to subscribers, Fr. George Rutler of New York’s Church of St. Michael summed
Last November 8, as the citizens of the United States of America were making a beeline to choose their next president, we, here in the
In the subtle shift away from the dominant agricultural communities to the rising dominance of cities and their segregation of incoming immigrants, cultures will bind
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather
This very question tends to make us uncomfortable: “Well, of course, God answers Prayer! How dare you even ask such a thing?” Yet, as we
I remember going to watch the musical Godspell over forty years ago. I think I was the only person present who did not like it.
I was visiting my family a while back. One day, my sister and I went out to the mountains for a hike up Johnston Canyon
Visitors to Washington DC might be surprised at first to encounter a monument, across from Saint Mathew’s Cathedral, to nuns and sisters entitled Nuns of the
Many scholars and theologians think that, at best, certain statements in the papal Exhortation Amoris Laetitia are ambiguous, with some possible interpretations being heresy. For
Especially during these past few intense months of our presidential election, we in America have been shown how much society has turned substantially away from
Regrettably, I left Sunday Mass yesterday disheartened. And angry. I told my wife: “If this is what the Catholic Church has come to, then I’m
Most stories about exorcism following in the wake of William Peter Blatty’s novel The Exorcist (and its film adaptation) tend to portray the Catholic Church as some
When you stop and think about it, the World Wide Web today is kind of similar to the old Wild West. There are good
