If it is graduation season, then it is graduation speech season too. High schools, colleges, and even elementary schools seek out high profile speakers to impart their wisdom to graduates – … Learn More
Q: Why doesn’t the church allow women to be priests? (Location withheld) A: The reason why women can’t be ordained priests is because of the pattern set by Jesus himself … Learn More
The COVID-19 public health emergency has officially ended and summer promises happier times in the months ahead. And yet our surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murphy, has just issued an … Learn More
My dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Last month I was invited to give a talk at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, on the topic of “Pope Francis and … Learn More
I saw them in the department store – a mother and a little girl about five years old. The child, in her restlessness, sought to wander away during what must have … Learn More
Q: My Catholic grandmother used to say that “original sin” was a sort of stamp all people since Adam and Eve have been born with, where God is still holding … Learn More
May is the month of Mary, and in most parishes it is the month when many of our young Catholics receive Communion for the very first time. The celebrations are … Learn More
Q: Why do Catholics pray for the souls in purgatory to lessen their sufferings? Is it possible that the souls already in purgatory would even go to hell, so our … Learn More
It was a Sunday in May, and I was seven years old. I had a new veil that was mine, a “pre-owned” white dress that had been my sister’s, and … Learn More
In the afterglow of Easter joy, parish bulletins now burst with joyful announcements that spring Baptisms, First Communions, and Confirmations are being celebrated on grace-filled days in churches near and … Learn More
