Once again, it seems that the most appropriate and timely thing to write about concerning the Church is Pope Francis. This time, it’s an apparent
I was on a university break in Summer of 2011, catching up with some friends over dinner. It wasn’t long before our conversation turned to
As if there weren’t enough articles, blogs, books, interviews, and every other form of print and media already out there about Pope Francis and Pope
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
“Today I told off a cashier who was trashing the president” read the Daily Kos headline. Color me intrigued; I clicked on it. I read it.
One of the downsides of being pro-life in 2013 is the negative stereotyping. Being”pro-choice” is so normalized and they seem to have the popular debate
Anything worth knowing begins with a question. Philosopher Etienne Gibson wrote, “Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires
When I first heard that Pope Benedict XVI was resigning, I was in shock. My instant reaction was: “That’s impossible!” I knew Popes had
When I was young, my mother would bring me to the library every week. Because I was a voracious reader, she did not worry whether
We are soaked in blood. I am soaked in blood. There is so much blood everywhere we look, that we”ve stopped recognizing it. I”ve stopped
I had the interesting experience of going to both confession and the dentist back to back this week. On Thursday I had my semi-annual tooth
It all began on an average day at work. Morning schedule and then mass. I am blessed to work at a place where mass is
“Forget about man-made religion, man! Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?” It is likely that we’ve all been on at least one
Pope about The Pope Mnsgr Pope recently quoted some remarks the Pope made to the US Bishops during their ad limina visit. One thing that struck
I want to #occupyyourheart for a few minutes. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) We can’t turn around without hearing about the economic woes of the world.
Let’s suspend disbelief in God for a moment. To understand a Catholic studying the Bible, that disbelief in God must be suspended. We believe in
Last week I came across a publication explicitly dedicated to lobbying for abortion… and simultaneously claiming to be Catholic. (See my footnote for more on
A letter from the Holy Father addressed to Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan is circulating around the internet, and I thought it an appropriate reflection to
Friends, we have come to a crossroad. To tweet or not to tweet? For those of you grumbling and threatening to move your cursor over
I have a tennis ball shaped bruise on the side of my thigh. In grotesque literary fashion, I see the bruise as God’s grace literally
