Of the many diversions tempting me to miss Sunday Mass, perhaps the greatest is the Sunday morning talk shows. As a self-confessed political junkie, I have...
Vocations
Former Episcopal priests are crossing over to the Catholic Church—and bringing their wives and kids along for the ride. Chuck Hough III was thrilled when his...
The U.S. armed forces are looking for a few good men-priests-to serve Catholics in uniform. But some question whether Father should rank among military...
“When I was in Germany in September of 2010,” says Robert Wicks, “I was giving a talk to chaplains who had been working with the military in Afghanistan...
Everyone knows that, with a few exceptions, Catholic priests are celibate. But can Catholic deacons marry? Married men have been admitted to the clergy of the...
Recently my friend Angela called me in tears. Angela, 31, and her husband have been married for three years, and they are very well-suited: They can spend...
Some professionals are quitting their day jobs and stepping up to a new spiritual calling. If someone had told Barbara Evans a decade ago that she’d be working...
Those who enter lay ecclesial formation programs do so for a variety of reasons, but not usually because they expect to find a job with a whopping paycheck at...
The issue of women priests may be a settled matter, but that doesn’t mean a woman can’t serve the church as a deacon. Celebrating the opening of the archives...
With so many lay ecclesial ministers and directors of religious education out there, many of whom are women, why would a bishop “need” a woman as a deacon? If...
