Abortion is the loudest, most contentious topic in American politics and culture today. For the American Catholic Church, abortion has...

Last week the CDC announced that the U.S. is out of the pandemic stage of the coronavirus. We are beginning to stick our heads outside of...

The poet Rumi suggests that we live with a deep secret that sometimes we know…then not…and then know again. The resurrection of Jesus...

The older I get, the more violence disturbs me. Every weeknight, I take my psychic temperature to see if I can tolerate watching the...

Civil Administration Building, Vatican City For many Catholics, when we think of the Vatican, we imagine St. Peter’s Basilica with its...

Five minutes ago, the global crisis was the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Covid has taken a backseat to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The...

The universal Catholic Church is currently engaged in a massive world-wide undertaking. Pope Francis has called for a synod, which is a...

In his Wednesday general audience a few weeks ago, Pope Francis talked about declining fertility rates, especially in developing...

I have never been attracted to saying the rosary. That said, I love rosary beads. There are five sets in my nightstand that I have...

A week before Christmas, I got an email from UCLA Health with tips for staying mentally healthy during the holidays. The tips included...

“The fact that Miriam of Nazareth has been depicted in so many diverse ways, from the humble handmaid to the powerful Queen of Heaven,...

Our parish grammar school had a long-time first grade teacher who developed a method of classroom management that bordered on genius. ...

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. Mary Oliver When I was 13 years old, I got my first pair of glasses. I remember...

I’ve had the pleasure of co-leading two retreats recently: one for women and the other for men. When I introduced myself, I mentioned...

Emerson said that life is a succession of lessons that must be lived in order to be understood. Religion is the same way. Here are 5...

My husband and I got engaged over the phone when we were living on opposite coasts. When we finally said good night and I was sitting...

Today I want to highlight three practical aspects of Catholicism that mean the world to me. Retreat Houses Dotted across this country and...

When my daughters were little, we stayed away from Barbie dolls. They were too sexualized for my taste. The girls grew up with lots of...

Not long ago, I spent a weekend with my son and daughter-in-law in Concord, Massachusetts. We visited Walden Pond, a national historical...

The Bustle in a House The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth – The sweeping up the...