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I could see and hear how much he wanted the relationship to work, to be true: he needed this new guy to be the one that silenced all the...

By Marco Casanova I’m made for communion. Love calls me into relationship. Learning to reveal hard emotions to Ania has become my...

‘When You send Your Spirit, they are created; You renew the face of the earth.’ (PS 104:30) The branches are beckoning. Two peach trees I...

By Marco Casanova I came to Mass wearied. Not surprised that Pride Month intensifies familiar vulnerabilities, I wanted reprieve. I felt...

We rejoice in this decision! Statement by TOB Institute President Dr. Christopher West on Today’s SCOTUS Decision on Roe v. Wade The...

‘In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood’ (Heb. 12:4). Guys tend to be soft these...

I’ve been waiting all my Catholic life for this. In response to Fr. Martin’s questions about how the Church should respond to the rainbow...

Building A Bridge film review How you tell a story can cover a multitude of sins. Watching Amazon’s documentary on a-not-very-good-book...

‘Those who go out weeping, carrying seeds to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them’ (Ps. 126:6). As we prepped...

At first I was angry. How could parents do this to a beloved child? Framed in their Christmas greeting, the parents beam upon 3-year-old...

By Marco Casanova Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of...

Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body” Pauline...

By Abbey Foard DSM Executive Director St. Thomas Aquinas’ (1225-1274) hymn, Adoro te Devote, captured me with its melody when I heard it...

By Marco Casanova DSM Assistant Director A couple of years ago, Andrew and I were running a half-marathon. On route, we passed my midtown...

By Marco Casanova DSM Assistant Director Editor’s Note: TOB is the abbreviation for Pope St. John Paul II’s book “Man and Woman He...

‘You see the trouble we are in…in ruins, our gates burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall…and we will no longer be in disgrace’...

German Catholic bishops and lay persons voted last week to adopt a resolution (168 to 28) to bless same-sex relationships in the national...

Freedom figures in big to the Gospel: Jesus declares that His truth ‘sets us free’, fully and completely, while St. Paul declares to us...

Original entry date: June 14, 2013 in our Mid-Year Newsletter On her Feast Day, I recall that St. Mary Magdalene is considered by the...

Original Entry Date: October 21, 2014 ‘The Cross becomes a new center of gravity for bringing together what is divided.’ Pope Emeritus...