Pope Francis, Sin & Creepy Fish
In college I went to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I am not much of a science geek so I
In college I went to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. I am not much of a science geek so I
My training is in Classics. That kind of nearly obsessive focus on grammar bears some peculiar fruit in my day to day life. For one,
This morning I witnessed the coolest thing. My husband and I were on our way to work, winding through the back roads when we saw
One of the 14 part-time jobs I had while I was in college was as a messenger for a high-powered law firm in Minneapolis, MN.
Dear child, I see the good in you. Satan would love nothing more than for you to get lost in your sin and shame. I
Before I left for college, I wrote about how my tendency to control and plan every aspect of my life often hurt more than it
Due to many scheduling conflicts a few Sundays back, I went to Mass by myself without the wife and kids. Over the past month or
Wait…you want me to be involved? This week was our parish’s Ministry Fair. They have been publicizing this fair for weeks. When we headed over
Foreign languages, I realize, are not for everyone. Many can go throughout their whole lives content to read Scripture in their native language. I certainly
When I first heard about indulgences I was pretty skeptical; they can sound so cold, clear-cut and strangely precise in an imprecise world. Now that
I have been nerding out since I discovered that archive.org has digitized the 1912 edition of the Decreta Authentica Sacræ Congregationis Rituum, which contains all 4,284
This week, an in-depth interview with Pope Francis was released in Jesuit publications around the world. In the opening question, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?”,
I am enthralled and enamored by air travel. There’s something about squishing down in a tiny seat next to a total stranger in the middle
Someone close to me, who left the Catholic Church a long time ago, recently said something along the lines of, “I just got to a point where I
Among all kinds of cultural, political, and interfaith dialogues, the one between Christianity and Islam is arguably the most interesting. Many of my friends from
You probably did not miss Pope Francis’ recommendation that bishops should smell like their sheep. What may have been missed is the universal call to
Have you ever thought about yourself like you think about others? People can be idiots, prigs, jerks, crazies. People can just get on your nerves,
Saint G.K. Chesterton has a nice ring to it, so it was with some special joy that I read the report that the “sympathetic” bishop
In the Year of Faith I was asked by my local Catholic newspaper to write about what faith means to me. Here’s my thoughts: Faith
The Feast of the Assumption is tomorrow; and some of us might be wondering: “What is the importance of this feast? Is it still relevant