Last month I wrote about how many Catholic Churches are being vandalized or burned. While writing that article I began to reflect on another topic
Not too many years ago very few Catholics spoke about the priesthood of the laity. The concept simply was not known outside theological circles and
With Saint Patrick’s Day having just passed, I was able to reflect on the evolution of my observance of the day. At Catholic elementary and
Friendship is possibly one of the most cherished bonds in the life of humans built on selflessness, unconditional support, and mutual trust. Cicero, a Roman
The exchange between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well found in Jn 4: 4-26 reveals Jesus`s mastery of personal evangelism through conversation. The
Venerable Fulton Sheen in Those Mysterious Priests speaks about the “great divorce of priest and victim.” We Catholics have so long been exposed to this
The topic of women and their roles in the Church can be a touchy subject. Especially sensitive is the topic of women and the ministerial
The other day while I was perusing social media, I came across post after post by Christian women who trying to edify women. This is
Is today’s Church suffering from a ‘Mother Wound’? Recently, following a Mass to celebrate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in my parish, I
About a year ago, I elicited some raised eyebrows in a group after sharing that my first babysitter was a Capuchin friar—the priest who baptized
We find priests in the Old Testament and in the Catholic Church. Do we find priests in the New Testament? One of the main differences
By the time this article is released I will have celebrated my first anniversary of priestly ordination. The gift of the priesthood and my consecrated
In our diocese of Buffalo, New York, we have just gone through the excruciating pain of the revelation of child sexual abuse and adult affairs
Some revolutionaries, who want the Church to attempt to confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders on women, point to this verse from St. Paul’s Epistle
There are many beautiful things in and around the Catholic church. One of the things that most people may not get to see is the
Surely she had never asked God for anything except that He should let her have her will. And every time she had been granted what
The philosopher Heraclitus once said: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not
Discernment is a process that every serious Catholic man must commence at some point, during which he will petition and receive from the
At our parish, we have a beautiful practice that our priest instituted when he came five years ago. Each Sunday a family is asked to
One of the more popular quotes in Catholic circles is, \”There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church,
