I worked for more than a decade as the editor of a busy little weekly newspaper, and I often complained that the people who stopped by my office “just to...
Catholic Voices
The nation's most vulnerable children are getting the short end of the spending stick. Spending more and getting less: sound familiar? A recent assessment...
The high pitch of pro-life advocacy could heed some old-fashioned parental guidance. I normally wouldn't pass as an applause line, but Archbishop Michael...
The Body of Christ is the best medicine for body and soul, regardless of whether we are "worthy" to receive him. "Are you a priest?" There...
Fast food has meant a slow death for thousands. Why aren't we doing more about it? If you knew of an obvious public safety hazard that contributed to the...
Catholics should find a way to welcome couples whose paths to the altar don't go straight down the center aisle. Full disclosure: I hate weddings...
A holy-card priest is not the best patron to lead 21st-century ministers into the future. Father Albert Henkel was a good priest. Though gruff and grumbly on...
The St. Francis de Sales Parish Book Club meets in the basement room in the rectory where Father Matthias used to run the parish weight-lifting club, until he...
The hungry of the world make an uncommonly good investment opportunity. An online investment board hosts a lively chat among a gaggle of eager Wall Street...
Father Don leans forward in his chair. The air of the confessional is quiet, cool, and light. The small Polish priest is in all-black attire, save for the...
