Phil Zuckerman, sociologist and associate dean at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA, has made something of a cottage industry for himself around the meme that secular, atheistic… Read more “Are Secular Societies Happier?”

13. All are called to belong to the new people of God. Wherefore this people, while remaining one and only one, is to be spread throughout the… Read more “Reflections on Lumen Gentium, Part XIII”

Today I am sharing the reflection given for Saturday morning prayer by Dave Duhamel on our most recent deacon training weekend. Dave is a deacon candidate from… Read more “Hope In Jesus”

Last week, Pope Francis affirmed, once again, that Saint Mary is not the “co-redemptrix,” a title and role some theologians, and at least one purported visionary, have… Read more “Pope Francis: Jesus Gave Mary to Us As Mother, Not Co-Redemptrix”

This is an important story. I encourage you to read the entire article. The New York Times (NYT) is being sued by James O’Keefe’s independent journalism organization,… Read more “NYT Argues No Obligation to Distinguish Facts From Opinions”

A bill that would remove the statute of limitations on child sex abuse crimes has died in the Pennsylvania legislature. Why? Because the bill removing the statute… Read more “PA Child Abuse Bill Dies in Legislature”

Twenty people were injured and two terrorists killed in a suicide bombing at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi province in… Read more “Palm Sunday Bombing at Indonesian Cathedral”

12. The holy people of God shares also in Christ’s prophetic office; it spreads abroad a living witness to Him, especially by means of a life of… Read more “Reflections on Lumen Gentium, Part XII”

What does the post-COVID future look like for the Catholic Church in America? According to an article by Russell Shaw in The Catholic World Report the future… Read more “What Future for the Post-COVID Church?”

Anne Hendershott has written an article for Crisis online magazine delineating some of the possible consequences for people of faith if the Equality Act, passed last month… Read more “Dangers of the Equality Act”