WE ALL KNOW that Saint Anthony is a ‘Doctor of the Church’, but what exactly does that mean? How does one get to earn such a title? By passing an exam, or what? The news that this month...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: I am engaged to be married with a 35-year-old man (I am 28) who seems to have all that I desire for in a man: maturity, a practical nature, faithfulness and highly affectionate...
AUTHOR and Rabbi, Joseph Telushkin tells of giving a lecture at which he asked the audience: “How many of you grew up in a household in which somebody’s ill temper had a bad effect on the...
THE CENTENARY of the birth of Albino Luciani, better known as Pope John Paul I, will be remembered next month. Needless to say, the event is being marked by a spate of initiatives in Italy and abroad...
IF YOU GO into any Spanish church, even in the smallest village, you will almost certainly find somewhere within it a large statue, life-sized or even larger, of Christ in some aspect of his Passion...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: My daughter-in-law left my son a long time ago. Now he lives with another woman and they are planning on getting married. He has always gone to church and to communion. Recently...
