Odd, isn't it, that perhaps the most talked-about and controversial witness to Jesus and the Christian faith in America today is a prof...

I just returned from preaching a parish mission in Seattle . I asked myself on the plane ride back, "What did you learn from this ex...

I read two articles about priests recently and thought them at odds with each other.   The first article was a review of Why Priests Are ...

I suspect that everyone who reads the Bible has a favorite quote. It is an extraordinary piece of literature, recording at least two mi...

Just before Mass one morning I handed the server the key and said, "Put this in the tabernacle for me." She left the sacristy im...

Even as I look forward to celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first session of the Second Vatican Council, I am concerned that over the ...

I just received a copy of the third edition of The Roman Missal, the book of Mass prayers we formerly called The Sacramentary. The new tr...