Music as a superspreader is something musicians have known all along. It’s a superspreader of joy, hope, love, and togetherness. For choir singers and musicians,
If you were paying attention to news out of Rome over the last week, you probably heard about a statement regarding same-sex civil unions attributed
For a few years, I have done my charitable work at a restaurant for the less fortunate in my city. We serve lunch and dinner
Life as we know it has changed since this COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The norm that we were used to, that fast-paced, hectic, high adrenaline, and
Even though fear and death have gripped the world in the last few months, Jesus offers all of us the gift of joy today. As
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some
The threads of the history of the whole of humankind are tied anew in that house [the Holy House of Loreto]. It is the Shrine
Every time Pope Francis speaks, the papers are filled with sensational headlines; he does not emphasize many of the popular, hot issues like abortion and
Was the crucifixion of Christ a failure? During his 2015 apostolic journey to the U.S., Pope Francis gave a homily at a vespers Mass at
My friend and I stood at the bus stop, disappointed and with nothing to do. We could not see the film of our choice at
The cry for mercy has filled the lungs of the Church since her birth from the pierce side of Christ on the Cross. This cry
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a beautiful book; but it also clocks in at about nine hundred pages long; about twice the size
Summoned by Pope Francis, bishops from around the world will hold a summit at the Vatican from February 21-24, 2019. The bishops, under the leadership
As one looks across the Catholic landscape right now, one would think that we were in Lent. The Church is reeling right now from the
Many of us are aware of the current divisions among Catholics regarding the papacy of Pope Francis. On the one hand there are orthodox Catholics
To some, it may appear that the current turbulence in the See is a waffling wave action generating greater and greater swells, which leave the
Whether Pope Francis is guilty or innocent of a coverup on behalf of a criminal clergy, it is a grave injustice to the victims of those
I keep having the same exchange with my seriously Catholic friends whenever Pope Francis comes up in conversation. It goes something like this: we were
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as
The secret to happiness: fall in love, get married, have babies – once undisputedly known to be the key to the majority of people’s happiness,
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
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
