Today I am dedicating this piece on St. Maksymilian (Maximillian) Kolbe to a living saint (in my...
What happened to me today during Eucharistic Adoration is symbolic of a larger problem in the...
Why and when do some people stop believing that God exists? Here are some of the possible reasons...
On this day of national mourning, those lives lost twenty-one years ago burn in our souls like...
The late Steve Hays was a Calvinist and anti-Catholic writer and apologist. This is one of my many...
A reader asked how to be the role model his children need. I lay out how you can only be one kind...
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow....
Our hearts are mysteries. What are our desires? Through mundane events, such as watching TV, God...
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Veteran Hollywood director Martin Scorsese and his wife Helen Morris have reportedly met with Pope...
In this episode, I'm joined by Catholic convert Lorelei Savaryn to talk about how her...
So I recently spent an extended period of time around a group of trads who are very likely to find...
I’m thrilled to have Fr. Henry Ogbuji as a guest blogger speaking about domestic violence from a...
Introduction: In the previous post, some advancement was made towards answering and...
As Netflix prepares to end its DVD service, I’ve been plowing through my queue as fast as I can....
I am a mom to three boys. My oldest two attend what is by today’s standards a fairly traditional...
One hundred years later, the Parish Church of St. Jerome sits quietly in “The Heights”...
Why do our bodies fail us? Why do weeds overtake the garden? Why does God allow entropy? He must...
Recent guidance by the APA and the U.S. Surgeon General makes it clear that social media has the...
I found Santa Muerte before I came to Mexico. I had seen Her many times, in many ways, over the...
There’s a simple wisdom in the mild comedy of the late 90s/early 2000s TV show, King of the Hill...
We’re all snowflakes, and pretending we’re not just makes things worse. That’s the message of...
Who recalls the metaphor of the violinist on life support? This metaphor was created by Judith...
My case study, then, is a movie with no style at all, a film made on such a low budget with so...
Peacock's 'Shooting Stars' recounts the Catholic high-school days of future NBA star LeBron James...
I recently posted a statement by Bishop Parkes of the Diocese of Savannah in relation to the...
In short, the five reasons Christians should become or return to the Catholic Church are: truth,...
I was so struck by the imagery of Psalm 22 that I wanted to try my hand at translating it myself,...
We are called to become saints, that is, gods by grace, and if that happens, then all saints is...
Christians say "Credo" and tell a story of God's work on earth and in heaven. I tell the story...
Years ago, at Advent, I wrote an essay for Catholic Answers on St. Matthew’s account of St....
CONTENT WARNING: RACIST AND ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES AND LANGUAGE. Hope In Fools Dr. Janet E. Smith...
From someone who's been there, this is a story about loving your child, respecting life, and...
Ten years ago, on March 13th, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis, the first...
This Easter marked my 10th anniversary as a Catholic. As someone who spent over a decade in...
Woe to you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the...
On January 19, 2023 I will be delivering an invited paper at the annual meeting of the American...
I was cooking Adrienne’s lunch when I saw the notification on my phone. It was my Aunt Beth, the...
Is the mental game of living with chronic illness off-topic for a religion website? Not at all,...
The subject of the end of the world continues to be one of the most intriguing topics for...
When a person hears the word "monk" they think od deep prayer, but when it comes to the Carmelite...
Why does a priest write Christian fantasy and how does it fit in his ministry?
We are visiting congregationalism this week (by way of the United Church of Christ)!
Pets are becoming the center of custody struggles among divorcing couples. That’s been happening...
At today’s Mass, we hear one of my favorite Gospel stories: Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan...