Online Catholics I’ve recently been discouraged by a number of responses to Catholics asking advice on the internet. Usually, a sincere Catholic posts a question
Pope Francis is like a canary in the coal mine, identifying toxic trends in our society, then, offering hope as he suggests Christian solutions to
It is well known that there is a crisis in the Catholic Church across the western world. Parishes have closed due to declining attendance
The funeral Mass was about to begin. Friends and acquaintances of the deceased and of his family sat in pews behind or to the side
According to SCOTUS, an individual’s religious beliefs are equally as important as another person’s objectively disordered sexual proclivity. Or to say it another way, Christian
There’s probably a good chance there are others, like me, who get bogged down in their everyday attempts to pray. But not giving up on
I was so sorry to hear that my boyhood hero died recently. His name was Roger Bannister, or Sir Roger Bannister as he became later.
What is the greatest addiction today? Opiates? Alcohol? Gambling? Mobile phones? Sex? Video games? Nicotine? The list of candidates could get very long. In the
There is no way of escaping it in our culture’s 24-hour news cycle. There’s no way to escape witnessing the evils that are carried out
Pope Francis’s recent apostolic exhortation, Gaudate et exsultate, on holiness in the modern world, initially seems to privilege charitable action over prayer and contemplation, saying
There is a long-debated bone of contention between various members of the Body of Christ about liturgical abuses in the Church. Not only are there
How many Catholics really grasp the fact that Christians are partakers of divine nature? How many of us actually participate daily in God’s divine nature? In
To be a witness does not consist in engaging in propaganda, nor even in stirring people up, but in being a living mystery. It means
The Struggle Is Real William Gurnall once stated, “While the Christian commits a sin he hates it; whereas the hypocrite loves it while he forbears
There is a tenet in the Legion of Mary so central to the mission of the apostolate that perhaps all the works and prayers its
David Foster Wallace’s book, Infinite Jest, is unique: hilarious and bleak, enlightening and depressing. Wallace tried on two separate occasions to become Catholic but sadly
Society desperately needs passionate Catholics – those who put Church teachings above secular ideologies, who strive daily to grow in the knowledge of God, who
Imagine this scenario. You hear the doorbell ring, you open the door, and you see two well-dressed men standing on your porch with smiles on
Just over five hundred years ago, in 1509, Henry VIII became King of England and it was because of him that Protestantism was introduced into
When people hear the term Kung Fu they probably think of the martial arts and guys like Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan, or even the
A Superficial View of Dad and Me I recently talked by phone with my 91-year-old Dad. He is in a nursing home, thousands of miles
People, from infants to the elderly, thrive spiritually when they have enough free time to relax, create, and pray. We all need unscheduled time, time
The Diversity Within The Catholic Church One of the most wonderful things about the Catholic Church is the diversity one can find within it. Notice
Hate has become very topical—“hate speech,” “hate crimes,” being “hateful.” Yet in the ’60s, when “Love” was widely proposed as the solution—the “Summer of Love,”
