Responding adequately and effectively to mass killings
The list of deadly mass shootings continues to grow. The names of Tulsa, Uvalde, Buffalo, Boulder, El Paso, Virginia Beach, Thousand Oaks, Pittsburgh, Santa...
Works of Mercy during the pandemic
n 2016 we Catholics observed a Year of Mercy, which reminded us to approach the Lord Jesus to receive His mercy and urged us to...
Seeing and witnessing
On Tuesday, while visiting Slovakia, Pope Francis celebrated an Eastern Rite Liturgy and preached about the Triumph of the Cross. He began by quoting...
Giving solid hope and help to our youth in despair
On February 13, the Centers for Disease Control published its biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary and Trends Report for 2011-2021 and it...
Daring to do all we can
In the epic Lauda Sion Salvatorem Gospel Sequence he wrote for the inaugural celebration of Corpus Christi in 1264, and still used today, St....
Wisdom and understanding
During the Easter season at daily and Sunday Masses we hear proclaimed (even if only via television or the Internet) the Acts of the...
Praying for Pope Francis
Ten years ago this Monday, March 13, at 8:22 p.m. Rome time, the 266th Peter walked out for the first time onto the Balcony...
Marriage and the Eucharistic Revival
This Sunday we mark the 40th anniversary of World Marriage Day, which celebrates the marriage between a man and a woman as the foundation...
Understanding Pope Francis from the inside
St. John Paul II once told George Weigel, author of “Witness to Hope,” that the problem with many previous biographers was that they tried...
Giving to the Catholic Appeal
“This is My commandment: love one another as I love you” (Jn 15: 12), Jesus ordered us in the Gospel on Mother’s Day. He...
