It all happened really quickly. The pacifier flew out, and the screaming started. In my haste to vacate the pew, I tripped over the kneeler and knocked the cane of the elderly woman sitting behind ...
Recently during one of my daily radio programs, I invited listeners to call in with their questions and concerns regarding the current scandals facing the Catholic Church. On the air with me that day to ...
Pope Paul VI is finally getting his due. On Oct. 14, when Pope Francis canonizes the pope who served from 1963-78, he will definitively attest to the goodness of a shepherd who guided the Church ...
It’s been said that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Scripture is clear on this point, with Isaiah reminding us that “my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor or my ways your ways. … For ...
Question: Since infant baptism is becoming controversial, why doesn’t the Church abandon the practice or emphasize individualized confirmation for older teens? —Robert Bonsignore, Brooklyn, N.Y. Answer: I am unaware of any recent controversy about infant ...
Elijah is hungry. Walking a day in the desert, he settles under a broom tree. This fragrant shrub, native to the Middle East, blossomed with beautifully scented white flowers. But Elijah doesn’t notice. Tired from ...
Soon Washington will again be offering the world the spectacle of one of the things it does best (or worst): a contested Senate confirmation hearing. This time it will be Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s turn to ...
Forgive me, but I just have to share a Proud Mama moment with you. It happened at the bottom of the stairs in our home, when Joseph, now 14 months old, and I were standing ...
This is not the easiest time to be a Catholic, to which many who have been reading news of late from both secular and Catholic sources can attest. To be quite honest, the recent allegations ...
The crowd doesn’t get it. Hours after Jesus had provided bread from heaven, they murmur to him, “‘What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?'” (Jn 6:30). The crowd now ...