I see some of my Facebook friends and acquaintances have been posting “Things For Which I Am Thankful.” Those “things” have included  “...

For many priests the ministry of “hearing children’s confessions” is a sweet and sour experience. Bring into church 150 second, third a...

Whether you take one side or the other in the discussions at the Synod on the Family you have to admit that we have seen in action that fif...

It’s unnerving to me that the Extraordinary Synod’s preliminary report has been greeted by such descriptions as “ground breaking,” “an eart...

The extraordinary synod on challenges to the family now meeting in the Vatican is an historic event. A light has been lit in this meeti...

At last, some good news about marriage and divorce. Social researcher Shaunti Feldhahn has discovered that couples have a much better c...

It’s my hunch that most reform-minded Catholics have little hope that the Vatican’s Extraordinary Synod “The Pastoral Challenges of the Fam...