The Twitter exchange between my son and me captures the frustration of college students (and parents) all across America: Jimmy:…
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In the days immediately following Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate, the Catholic blogosphere was all…
Recently God brought into my life a woman who I now call “friend.” I spent some time with her recently…
Thanks to President Barack Obama’s contraceptive mandate and Catholic concerns about its impact on religious liberty, Catholic women have emerged…
We recently celebrated the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. The seed of this feast day was planted in…
A woman asked me how to start a Bible study for her friends in her parish. After that a young…
Please forgive me for waxing apocalyptic, but lately I’ve been thinking an awful lot about the end times prophecy that…
The election season is in high gear, and it is my personal priority between now and November 6 to educate…
The battle at the Democratic convention to exclude God from the party’s platform is no minor moment. Do not underestimate…
Thanks to media, American Catholics will soon be treated to another sad chapter in the story of clergy sex abuse.…