I wouldn’t trade anything for being a member of a big Catholic family, or having godparents who have had a similarly large family. Because of the number of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, I understandably […]

Who steals my purse steals trash ’tis something, nothing; ‘Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands, But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, […]

CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- As more Catholic dioceses begin to resume public Masses during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of theologians and medical experts has provided guidance for doing so […]

I have been wondering for some time about how Christian teaching on matters sexual can be presented in more theologically substantial ways than “thou shalt not masturbate/fornicate/sodomize, etc.” Such an approach, however necessary as a […]

May is my favorite month of the year. The blooming of spring flowers make it the most beautiful, while the happy occasions of first Holy Communions, May Crownings, and ordinations make it the most joyful. […]

An online Catholic conference with the stated goal “to enlighten and fortify your family to engage the culture with the truths of the Faith” will be held this Saturday and Sunday, May 1-2, 2020. The […]

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 29, 2020 / 02:22 pm (CNA).- The White House has consulted four Catholic bishops who have reinstated public Masses, as the Trump administration considers issuing guidelines on the safe reopening of […]

When the novelist Sigrid Undset was making her way from atheism to the Catholic faith, her most powerful guide was the Dominican laywoman Saint Catherine of Siena. The central moral insight in Undset’s most renowned […]

One silver lining for me during this weird coronavirus shutdown has been the opportunity to return to some writing projects that I had left on the back-burner. One of these is a book on the […]