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‘In today’s society, we grant adults any kind of sexual freedom they want and insist that children take whatever these adults are willing...

‘Always Go Forward, Never Turn Back’ (St. Junipero Serra) This Wednesday I shall depart for Rome, site of the Roman Catholic Synod on the...

Those of us who have reduced Pope Francis’ recent encyclical–‘On Care of Our Common Home’–to a holy call to recycle may want to...

‘What the world needs today is the credible witness of people capable of opening hearts and minds to the desire for God and true life.’...

“Jesus rose up…and said to His disciples, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’ ” (Mk 4:39, 40) The sleeping Church can no...

‘All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to say nothing.’ For a Pope quick to quip about any number of thorny issues, Frances...

‘Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.’ (Rom. 12:21) All sins are not created equal. Overeaters wear their vice in...

‘Shame can only be absorbed by true love-a love which affirms the value of the person and seeks the greatest good for him or her with all...

‘That evil appears in the form of light, of beneficence, of faithfulness, of renewal, that it appears in the form of historical...

How is it that a fraction of the population manages to steal the beauty of family? According to media reports, one would think that the...

God is the only One qualified to determine the eternal fate of His creatures. The fact that we even aspire to His role as Judge reveals...

Take for example, his offhanded use of the English term ‘gay.’ Here he goes beyond affirming the dignity of persons with certain...

But when local churches become advocates of grace and truth for the gender broken, healing rises like sun breaking through clouds. And I...

‘A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his...

‘When He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you into all truth.’ (John 16: 13) Yet Jesus trusts us with His truth; His ascent to...

‘In order for God’s image to shine radiantly in him, man must first receive the purification whereby the divine Sculptor frees him from...

‘We must help all believers acquire a more vigorous, conscious adherence to the Gospel.’ Pope Benedict ‘I urge you to contend for the...

‘The sick soul fears more than anything else the demands made on one who is well.’ Joseph Pieper While addressing both Protestant and...

You could cite Obama’s slide as America’s; he started 4 years ago resolute in his ‘Christian’ commitment to marriage then unraveled. He...

‘I will rouse your sons, O Zion…and make you like a warrior’s sword.’ (Zech. 9: 13) Under Father Paul Check’s sound direction,...