I  was startled to learn about the news that Donald and Melania Trump had been diagnosed with COVID-19. It certainly brought home the fact t...

As we continue the quarantine, we’re seeing a growing frustration with the confinement. Some protests are emerging against perceived heavy-h...

A s I write this, it is Holy Saturday. Easter begins with tonight’s vigil. It’s certainly been a strange Lent. For the most part, Catholics ...

No doubt this has been a strange Lent for us all this year. Most of us have not been able to attend Mass since the Second Sunday of Lent, an...

At that time some people who were present there told [Jesus] about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacr...

One of the problems of the 21 st  century West is that—with all of our technology and knowhow—we think we are in  control  of our environmen...

For  the Pope’s   Urbi et Orbi , we had the Gospel reading of Jesus calming the storm. This morning the Gospel reading was of raising Lazaru...

Their feet run to evil,  and they hasten to shed innocent blood;  Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness,  violence and destruction are o...

James Tissot, Jesus Tempted In the Wilderness As we continue our national shutdown and become the country with the highest (recorded)...

With entire states and nations on lockdown and Mass closed to the public, I find this time to be a reminder of what we’ve lost sight of. As ...

In various times, we have had different plagues and other crises. The Church has dealt with them in various ways based on the needs of the p...