Archbishop John Hughes (1797-1864) of New York, was a titan within the Catholic Church in America in the nineteenth century. Overseeing with skill the explosive growth
Below are links to books for decision-makers organized by relevant questions and answers that relate to particular milestones along the Decision-Maker\’s Path ™. Books for
As a grad student in journalism, a number of my assignments come in the form of responding to a question, by way of an essay,
All of these things are my own personal observation based on my personal experience, so I am not expert on anything other than my own
Sometimes the forest is ignored because too much time has been spent concentrating on the trees. The big picture loses out to the nitpicking of
Christianity has not been tried hard and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. G. K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World
I first met Pope John Paul II as “Mr. Seymour.” My cousins and I were playing a game of “funeral,” and trailing a tricycle with
I wanted to follow up on last month’s article WWJD About Sweatshops. I think for many people, just the mere suggestion that you oppose sweatshop
It has been years since I first felt God quietly calling me. At first I couldn’t understand what He was asking me to do. As time passed
In my work with grieving families, much of the coaching I do is to help young grieving parents communicate their needs to their friends/relatives so
Chana Messinger posted a lucid essay challenging the contention that science and theology, as forms of human knowledge, address different subject matter and therefore cannot
It was an interesting NFP Awareness week at our blog The Practicing Catholic. We wrote a week-long series about natural family planning, and we lost
MSNBC\’s Melissa Harris-Perry has a wacky theory for us that she believes should be the determining criteria for human life. Life itself, it\’s very beginnings,
At the very edges of the culture you sometimes hear about how tradition is coming back. You hear how the John Paul II generation is
A while back I heard somebody talking about a gift she once received, it was a handmade cross painted in purple with little pink flowers
Our political discourse often consists of a back-and-forth discussion between two seemingly irreconcilable extremes. Many on the Left attack those on the Right as radical
I love Austin, Texas. Growing up with two parents who held bachelor college degrees from the University of Texas, I know all about burnt orange,
God has inscribed a moral code on my heart. It is hidden in my deepest self. Actually, if as an adult, I can block out my own ego
One of the commonly asked questions of Sir Paul McCartney is whether his lovely song Let It Be is about the Virgin Mary. It is
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong; right is right, even if nobody is right.
One of my fondest memories at Baylor was when I first walked downstairs and into the wonder that was my dorm\’s cafeteria. Far away from
Coffee Interviews is a series of video interviews of interesting people I would love to have coffee with and pick their brains. Today I got
