The default position is that Catholics should not be denied communion except for a serious reason. The Code of Canon Law states, “Sacred ministers cannot deny...
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Somos. Created by James Schamus (Netflix, 2021) The title sequence of Netflix’s Somos. is a patchwork of black-and-white images of dozens of faces. Without any...
In the days following the fall of the Afghan government in mid-August, I found myself riveted by the photojournalism coming out of Kabul—desperate people...
My family has had the privilege of our fiscal health improving throughout the pandemic—bolstered retirement accounts thanks to a rallying stock market...
Eighty years ago C. S. Lewis wrote The Problem of Pain. The title makes me laugh. Does anyone need to be convinced that pain is a problem? What Lewis was...
Readings (Year B): Isaiah 50:5–9Psalm 116:1–9James 2:14–18Mark 8:27–35 Reflection: Faith without works is dead When I was in high school, my youth group...
Got a burning question? Click here to Ask an Apostle. Q: My brother has decided to leave the church. How can I help bring him back? —Saving Souls? A: This is a...
On a beautiful day in the early summer of 2018, I was puttering around my apartment and getting ready for a parish visit. I was content in my work at an...
When searching the shelves for Bibles and gospel storybooks to share with children, we encounter shelves full of hundreds of brilliantly colored books with...
“Free: spinach dip from Jewel. Bought last week and tried it but don’t like it.” The above post caught my eye as I was scrolling through Facebook one day. Who...
