Introduction I may need to be disabused of simplistic notions of church history and the Eucharist during my life time. It is clearly the case
St. Pope John Paul II gave 129 addresses at general audiences from 1979 to 1984, focused on marriage, family, and human sexuality. Biographer George Weigel
In this article, I reflect on my experiences with the Catholic Mass over the past half century. I also advocate for communication accommodations, especially for
Catholic medical ethics puts Deuteronomy 30:11-20 into action by putting clarity into charity. I have long been concerned about the witness of Catholic health care
This article briefly describes my fond memories of Paulists at St Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in NYC. Then it discusses the proper treatment of
Please stop right here if you are sensitive about movie “spoilers”! Saint Pope Paul VI chillingly warned a half-century ago that “through some fissure, the
Always open to life, sexual relations are exclusively reserved for wives and their husbands. However poorly proclaimed, there is “abundant teaching” (cf, Congregation for Catholic
A Look at the Vatican’s ‘Mensuram Bonum’ The Catechism of the Catholic Church provides guidance in the economic sphere: 2426….Economic activity…is to be exercised within
If you are concerned about spoilers for The Banshees of Innisherin, please read no further. If you are still reading, I will assume that you
Twice recently, I dreamt of Staten Island being a gateway to Heaven! For someone who is not particularly taken with either symbolism or dreams, these
What is “Salvation History”? As per the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “51. What is the importance of affirming “In the beginning,
When I was 9 years old in 1968, I did not know any children whose parents were not married to each other. Since that year
A beautiful and inspiring compendium of medical ethics and a call to greatly honor health care via the Gospel of Life, the Vatican’s Charter for
In my teen years in New York, two celebrities played huge roles in raising awareness of the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. Local WABC
Around 7:30 on the morning of September 11, 2001, I came up from the PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) train station, multiple levels below the
The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on August 15, which is a Sunday in 2021. While details are not known
Thomas Malthus was an 18th/19th-century Anglican priest whose ideas have been used to back the notion that there are too many people on the planet,
In the so-called sexual revolution of the 1960s, the magnificent vocation of marriage was not properly appreciated, esteemed, and understood. Yet in the face of monumental resistance, Saint Pope Paul
