My blog last week generated enthusiastic response from ardent supporters of the right to keep and bear arms without a mandatory background check. At one point, one of these strident advocates cited ...

Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say ...

This article is going to focus on a truth of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. This truth covers the most important aspect of Christianity. And that is simply the fact that our most ...

Fortunately, it became impossible to attend there, and instead I was blessed to end up at an irrelevant church. Our family arrived promptly at 10:00 A.M., and we were greeted by a woman who was ...

“It is Jesus who gives meaning to the life of the priest. Without Him, the priesthood is not understood, it makes no sense,” Cardinal Francis Arinze said this week as he led the members of the Roman ...

Pope Francis' homily at the vigil mass for Christmas focused on the importance of Jesus' incarnation as a real and meaningful event. "The grace which was revealed in our world is Jesus, born of the ...

As Easter comes round again, many wonder how to understand the resurrection of Jesus Christ and its message for us. His empty tomb can make believers hesitant and even mildly embarrassed. Are they ...

Some people recognize these words as a table prayer. Others might consider these words to be an invitation for divine intervention. When the days are dark and the nights are long, when isolation ...