"If God sends you many sufferings, it is a sign that He has great plans for you and certainly wants to make you a saint." St. Ignatius...

There is much discussion today about immigration, and many of you have probably heard the American Bishops speaking about "defending the...

Have you ever, even once, heard someone say (seriously) that he liked being sick? Many tolerate it (some, of course, do not), but I...

There are a wealth of arguments in the Catholic faith that speak against transgenderism; doctrinal, biblical, philosophical, and social....

The Pope is not perfect. The Pope makes mistakes. The Pope sins. The Pope says things he should not say. Now, to which Pope am I...

Do you realize how hard it is to make fun of stupidity in a society that is filled with stupidity? No one laughs at stupidity much any...

People today, generally, like to find the easier way to do something but the easier way is not always the best way. I have tried to show...

"You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all." St. Therese of Lisieux

If a woman believed that her husband really liked her cooking, we can presume that she would continue cooking the same way for him. She...

She is not a Bishop. That much should be perfectly clear to anyone who understands the history of Christianity and the establishment of...

I have wondered quite frequently since the presidential election last year if various attacks were going to come against our new...

I once heard a Priest admit: "although I work hard to be blameless in my interactions with children and with women, I am constantly...

I hear a lot of talk these days (from many different sources) about the need for priests to "walk together with their people" (which is...

I heard it again. Someone asked a question and the response was "there's an app for that!". Yikes! I have said before that there are apps...

"It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey." St. Ignatius of Loyola

Made you look! Yes, I thought that line would get your attention. No, there is not a Bishop, to my knowledge, who has done this. Yet we...

While in college and (protestant) seminary I was taught that the Catholic Church invented the idea of Purgatory sometime in the middle...

One of the "seven spiritual works of mercy" is "patience". This is sometimes also referred to as "bearing wrongs patiently". Americans...

Why does the Church not approve of divorce? Why do (good) tribunals work slowly to grant a declaration of nullity to an invalid marriage?...

I once spoke with someone who was absolutely, thoroughly, one hundred percent, convinced that dinosaurs died out 252 million years ago. I...