Now that we all have lost five pounds since implementing better eating and a new workout routine, and started a new budget for the year...

“An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there...

Occasionally we hear disturbing stories in the media about young people who perpetrate abuse against the elderly. In a widely reported...

According to an old Vatican aphorism, “We think in centuries here.” Viewed through that long-distance lens, the most important Catholic...

We spend a lot of time and energy preparing for Christmas, but beyond the marketing and noise there is a simple and unexpected mystery we...

Those who are poor, brokenhearted, imprisoned and all who are held captive should rejoice, we heard on Gaudete Sunday. When Jesus stood...

As our evening as a family comes to a close, look at all of the technology that distracts us from just “being” together as a family....

The Church has just celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe’s feast day is on Dec. 12, and we are...

When most of us think of starting a new year, we think of Jan. 1st. In the life of the Church, we begin a new year with Advent, which...

“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his mercy endures forever,” sings the Psalmist as he praises God for keeping him safe in spite...

Our young people need to hear about “the greatness, uniqueness and courage of the first evangelizers of this country, those who were the...

During the first five years of our marriage, our relationship could be described as utilitarian; what’s in it for me? And that is the...

This past week, as the Church in the United States observed National Vocations Awareness Week, I was reminded that everyone has a...

“Do something beautiful for God.” This saying was at the heart of Blessed Mother Teresa’s spirituality and mission. The simple phrase is...

In the days since the Synod on the Family ended, I have had some people tell me they are confused or worried about the results of the...

According to Vatican-speak, a specially scheduled session of the Synod of Bishops is an “Extraordinary Synod,” meaning Not-an-Ordinary...

As I listen to the political discussion leading up to the Nov. 4 election, a warning from the prophet Isaiah comes to mind: “Woe to those...

Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old married woman with terminal brain cancer, plans to kill herself on Nov. 1, after her husband’s birthday....

We entered marriage in 1991 with our own ideas dominating our thoughts and actions of what marriage was all about, specifically the...

“A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern,” Pope Francis told governors...