In 2011, at age 27, I experienced a crisis of faith. The man I loved and hoped to marry—a very scientifically-minded software engineer—joined a group of other...
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This World Youth Day, I went with a group of pilgrims that waved a pride flag amid a sea of nation flags. I was part of a group of eight people who went to...
Readings (Year A): Isaiah 56:1, 6 – 7Psalms 67:2 – 3, 5, 6, 8Romans 11:13 – 15, 29 – 32Matthew 15:21 – 28 Reflection: Expanding...
Barbie Directed by Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros., 2023) My mom worked as a toy illustrator at Mattel in the late 1990s and early 2000s. When I was little, Barbie...
Exile is an experience of abandonment, something we have likely all encountered at some point on our life journeys. It is rooted in the archetype of the...
My father was seriously ill several times in his last years of life. He could have received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick when facing surgery for...
The evil of clericalism, explains Pope Francis in a December 2016 sermon, happens whenever clerics distance themselves from laypeople, especially those who are...
Readings (Year A): 1 Kings 19:9a, 11 – 13aPsalms 85:9, 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14Romans 9:1 – 5Matthew 14:22 – 33 Reflection: Remain...
Archeologists in Alicante, Spain have turned to drone technology to safely reach caves that would otherwise have required a death-defying trek by intrepid...
Just Church By Phyllis Zagano (Paulist Press, 2023) What does it mean for the Catholic Church to espouse justice to the world? In Just Church, Phyllis Zagano...
