I’ve known him for years. He is a somewhat irritating, impatient curmudgeon whom I will not name in order to protect him and me. He has...

Not many people know about Peter Maurin, and still fewer would ever have heard of him were it not for Dorothy Day. She considered him the f...

When Elizabeth Seton began to talk about conversion to the Catholic Church, her family and friends objected that she was too refined to joi...

Nearly thirty years ago I was appointed pastor of St Leo Church in North Fairmount, in a part of Cincinnati which had changed from a white ...

There is a renewed interest and energy in the Catholic Church, and the cause of this post-Vatican II aggiornamento is Pope Francis. Pe...

How can you tell when a parish is fulfilling its purpose? Canon Law’s definition of a parish is rather stark: “A parish is a certain co...

Speculation about Pope Francis’ naming a woman as a cardinal this coming February was reportedly rebutted   by   the director of  the Vati...