In September 2002, on the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I was 10 years old, living in New York, and full of frightened questions about...
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I was scheduled to graduate from Villanova University in May 1979. I was a business major and near the top of my class grade-wise, and I had spent months...
As our 10th wedding anniversary approached, my wife, Theresa, and I hatched a plan to celebrate. We would ask my parents and brothers to watch our four young...
The following is an excerpt from Stretch Out Your Hand: Reflections on the Healing Ministry of Jesus by Amy Ekeh (Liturgical Press, 2025). Reprinted with...
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal highlighted an alarming trend: teen consumption of energy drinks. One high schooler said she was drinking four cans...
We’ve made at least one great cultural advancement in recent years when it comes to the holidays: We’ve become aware that for many people, this time of year is...
“Why are you standing there looking up at the sky?” Two men in white garments pose this question to the awestruck apostles. The apostles have just heard the...
On a morning in 1531, a decade after the brutality of the Spanish conquest, a Nahua peasant walked through the hills near present-day Mexico City. The man’s...
Indian theologian Jacob Parappally believes that the Western church is too preoccupied with dogmas and doctrines. Jacob Parappally is a professor at Suvidya...