
Be Not Afraid – Soldier On
October 22 was the feast day for Pope St. John Paul II. As I expounded upon in a past post, he was special to me

October 22 was the feast day for Pope St. John Paul II. As I expounded upon in a past post, he was special to me

We must forgive others who have hurt us if we want Jesus to forgive us our sins against Him.

Aware that some are wrongly fearful of God’s justice, Pope St. John Paul II very much emphasized God’s mercy! It is always true that God

We all know the Ten Commandments that Moses gave us on Mount Sinai, but Jesus gave us two new ones. Some would say that these

An abundance of well-known celebrity scientists these days are proclaiming that there is no God, because God can’t be proven by the scientific method. This

Imagine the joy of Mary on Easter morning! Think of her recently broken heart, rejoicing beyond her own imagining at the sight of her beloved

Many of the saints we celebrate and honor today began their lives as very secular people. They were headed in one direction in life when something

Woman has a genius all her own, which is vitally essential to both society and the Church. (Pope John Paul II, Angelus Message, July 23,

Pope Francis motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, is a game changer in the Catholic Church. Instead of defending “the unity of the Body of Christ,” it

St. Paul is recorded as saying that “wives should be subordinate” (Ephesians 5:22; Colossians 3:18) and “under the control” of their husbands (Titus 2:5). Some

“What do you think of Vatican II?” This question was posed to me just recently by my niece. We were on our way back from a

In the first part of this two-part Catholic voting guide, I laid out the principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) and the application of CST

The word socialism is freely tossed around in the public square, especially on social media. Too often, though, it’s either a misnomer for some government

Reform of the American medical care system is necessary not only from the perspective of Catholic social teaching but also from the economic standpoint as

They say that every family needs somebody like me. Your family probably even has someone like me. I am ‘The Careful One.’ I am the

More than twenty years ago I encouraged my Irish mother-in-law to find a Bible Study group and to “get into the Word.” Because we lived

What is the relationship of grammar to the truth? People hate the truth for the sake of whatever it is they love in place of

“I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.” Thus begins the Apostle’s Creed. The world today remains far from the original

Turning to the relationship between religion and science, there has been a definite, though still fragile and provisional, movement towards a new and more nuanced

Holy Week is a time when we walk with Jesus during the last days of his life. On Good Friday, we accompany him as he

The Church and its pastors should courageously propose the Christian ideal corresponding to Catholic moral doctrine and not water it down. —Cdl. Robert Sarah When

October 16, 2018, marks the fortieth anniversary of the election of Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II. On October 22, his feast day, John