POPE FRANCIS makes his first ever visit to the United States this month for what could turn out to be the most challenging pastoral journey of his two and a half year old pontificate. The packed...
THE SUBJECT of food may not be the first thing that comes to mind when reflecting on the vocation of a person called to religious life today. But that theme is precisely the focus of a letter sent to...
IF SOMEONE asked you to summarize the Catholic faith, what would you say? Probably something like, “The Catholic Church teaches that God created all things except sin. Sin was humanity’s...
MY YOUNGEST son is in prison, and is faced with danger each day. His brother, my eldest son, whom I was never able to educate properly, buys him books on gruesome subjects like vampires, serial...
IN ITS 2000 year history, the Shroud of Turin has been the focus of many truly intriguing stories. Naturally many of the tales concern the Shroud’s origins, its compositions and its travels....
“AND THE stately lilies stand, Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance fills the night.” So wrote American...
