Theodore McCarrick, the disgraced former cardinal-archbishop of Washington, D.C., who is alleged to have sexually abused minors and seminarians for several decades, has been removed from the clerical state, the Holy See announced Saturday. The decision ...
During the State of the Union and various other news obsessions we’ve collectively experienced recently, I’ve been finishing a book manuscript. The topic is not as addictive as our national reality TV show, though. It’s ...
The life of a parish priest can be challenging in ways that never even occur to many people in the pews. One of the most challenging events in the life of a priest, or in ...
Question: Is there a list of Catholic traditions that are equal to sacred Scripture? I was told the Bible is not the only authority, but also sacred Tradition. — Julie Robinson, via email Answer: Paragraphs ...
Franklin Entertainment and producer DeVon Franklin (“Miracles from Heaven,” “The Star”) will release “Breakthrough” on April 17. The film tells the miraculous story of the survival of a boy who fell through the ice on a frozen ...
Have you heard of the “Bird Box” challenge? It comes from the Netflix film “Bird Box” and has sparked copycat videos and memes spanning from the ordinary to the dangerous. So what is it? Using ...
Right now, God-willing, I’m about 11 weeks shy of giving birth to my second child. It’s an exciting, nerve-wracking, wondrous time, all wrapped up into one. Like most expectant parents, the one question my husband ...
Eight hundred years ago, in the midst of the Crusades, St. Francis of Assisi crossed battle lines in Egypt to see a Muslim ruler. In the Muslim encampment, he met the sultan, Malik al-Kamil, ...
I’m not sure where I first heard the suggestion that Christians need to think about the word “joy” as an acronym: Jesus first, others second, yourself last. This explanation hit so close to home ...
Four items plus one in search of a late-winter column: 1. Plasma therapy: Ambrosia Health offers “young plasma treatments.” These are “intravenous infusions of plasma from young donors, who are in the age range of ...
