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The Mystery of Long-Enduring Suffering

Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for ...

A True Democracy Respects God-Given Rights

As explored in a previous article, freedom of expression is deemed a basic human...

Relationships in a Post-Human Age: “A Little Way” Towar...

A few days ago, a friend shared with me that she and her husband will be traveli...

The Prophetic Witness of Servant of God August Hlond

Everything in the universe—every star and grain of sand, every virus and animal,...

It’s Time to Reject Left-Brain Dominance

Two years ago, I enrolled my daughter in a farm school in our area. A friend of ...

The True Meaning of the Law Is Love: 30th Sunday in Ord...

In this Sunday’s Gospel, a Pharisee tries to test Jesus.  Even though he was a l...

The Difficulties of Forgiving and a Practical Path into...

Last month, on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Catholics heard the Parable of ...

Would St. Thomas Aquinas Play Minecraft?

As surprising as it may sound, play can be a virtuous activity. It can be morall...

The Beauty of the Holy Trinity: Part V

In the previous article, we traveled to the spirit of Ancient Rome and witnessed...

The God-Given Right to Freedom of Religion and the Mode...

Traditionally, believers are permitted to worship God by assembling in places of...

Why Do You Believe?

Are we “faithful” because we love the Lord our God, or is it because we fear the...

The Forgotten Virtue and How to Employ It

It is urgent, now as ever, that Catholics pray diligently and assiduously (says ...

Sharing the Gospel with Our Muslim Neighbors

In recent decades, North America and Western Europe have seen a dramatic increas...

What Angels and Demons Can—and Cannot—Do, Part 1

Once my seminarians in Kuching began asking questions about angels, it did not t...

Churches Should Be Open on Federal Holidays

There is a growing trend in the American Catholic Church that is disheartening a...

Can We Ever Repay God? 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus’ enemies try to set a trap for Him. A coin buys Him freedom from it. Gospe...

What Angels and Demons Can—and Cannot—Do, Part 2

In the first article, we considered how angels and demons act upon the material ...

Fatima Revisited and the Message of an Angel

I grew up when Catholic culture in Northern New Jersey, especially in Catholic s...

The Virtue Most Lacking in Our World Today

Few souls are truly humble. Wars, religious and political divisions, marital and...

7 Lessons from Blessed Fulton Sheen’s Beatification

My family and I were blessed to be in St. Louis for Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s be...