Sacred Heart and Choosing Wisely
Today, the vigil of the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, is the World Day of Prayer for Priests, instituted by Pope Saint John Paul...
Scandalous and Sacred Fashion
I must admit that I have trouble keeping up with the via mundi, the ways of the world, and have this abiding, if inchoate and...
Marry that virtuous Atheist!
A few months ago, a girl I know was struggling with the question of whether she, a Catholic, should continue dating her non-Catholic boyfriend.
At...
Pentecost and Witnessing to Truth
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good (1 Cor. 12:7).
Today, with joy and thanksgiving we celebrate the Solemnity...
Of Popes, Potentates and Princes Royal
May 18th would have been Pope Saint John Paul II's 98th birthday, which would be old even for the oldest of Popes. Benedict, the...
For Better or Worse
My brother got married this past weekend, and in his speech my dad recounted the story of when Tom and his best friend, having...
Trinity Sunday Clarificatio
Once again, a blessed solemnity of the Trinity, and, on a more secular level, although in a connected way, a happy Fathers' Day to...
Christmas reflections
House of Bread. Bethlehem. The place where He was born. It may not have been in a stable and it was likely not in...
Lessons from Picasso
I love art—particularly paintings. I love the way that paintings have their own language, where so much can be conveyed in a single image....
Franco and the Progressive Rewriting of History
For more than a century now, the international communist movement has been hiding and sanitizing its own history while subjecting its opponents to relentless...
