Many are beginning to recognize the severe Catholic “man-crisis” and the necessary imperative to aggressively “emangelize” Casual Catholic Men. While new ardor, methods and expressions are
This column is the seventh in a series of introductory essays on the document “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive,” the preparatory catechesis
Ragged stuffed animal and hidden depression as my constant companions, I discovered J.R.R. Tolkien during my awkward preteen years. My father, although never an enthusiastic
This past week, we witnessed the unseemly pandering of several Republicans to the radical homosexual movement. Each stumbled over the other to present his
When we were children, monsters would move from movie screens and story books to the shadows in our rooms or dark corners of our imaginations.
Over spring break I went on a mission trip to Peru with my school, Christendom College. It was an amazing and unique experience, even in
In case you’ve been recently living under a rock or fasting from the Internet, former U.S. Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton
Everyone loves seeing the babies baptized early Sunday morning. Some squeal with delight while others cry their eyes out as the cold Holy Water runs
If there is one sentiment that baffles me more than any other, it’s this: The Catholic Church will be changing her teachings, and I only
The culture of birth control is a strong one. It is an accepted practice by most Christians and unfortunately, most religions today. An article from
We seek greatness by our very nature; God created us for great things. Great things because we are, essentially, good. Good because we are created
Man, that implies so much. That those who survive the Rubicon of the womb, they were desired,while those who did not, were not. Except it
Most of us would really like to be in heaven one day. The alternative is unthinkable. The only problem with getting into heaven is that
Joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, not a special gift given to a select few; it is simply a by-product of
Last week, I peeked into the epicenter of hedonism as it advances. I was working in the kitchen while watching the news. I kept the
I continue to be amazed by how this secular society tries to twist Divine Mercy into blinking, happy-go-lucky acceptance of every behavior one can imagine.
We have just celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday during the season of Easter, which can rightly be viewed as a season of mercy. Pope Francis has
Outside of his family, General William S. Rosecrans had three great passions in his life: His religion, Roman Catholicism, to which he had converted as
Our Holy Father, Pope Francis recently released, Misericordiae Vultus, his Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. In this document, he lays out
“We had the experience but missed the meaning, / And approach to the meaning restores the experience / In a different form, beyond any meaning
In November 2013, I wrote a column [link here] about my son leaving the Church, and going off on a journey, that was far away from
This is the first of two essays on the philosophy of the atheist cosmologist, Sean Carroll. The main idea carried over to the second essay
