Whenever my extended family gets together for a meal, the same stories are told and retold. One story leads to another, and before long we’re all laughing and...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
Why is the church so obsessed with sex?” Many of us Catholics have fielded this question from our non-Catholic friends, as well as some of our Catholic ones...
As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took his throne; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his...
“Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.”(Matthew 13:51) None of us likes to appear ignorant. Chances are when someone asks if you’re aware of a...
Imagine yourself in the first century, living somewhere in the Roman Empire. As a devotee of the local gods and goddesses, you are intrigued by the message of...
Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.John 6:53 I think that even the most devout...
To put it simply: Yes. The Catholic Church has a long history of supporting marriage as a natural right. This includes upholding the validity of marriages...
Last summer, several Jewish and Christian clergy members condemned the Department of Homeland Security for using Hebrew scriptures in a recruitment video. In a...
What’s required for a Catholic wedding? In the Catholic church, marriage isn’t just a celebration of a relationship milestone or the recognition of a new legal...
