How to widen our hearts on Mother’s Day May 12, 2018By Laura Kelly Fanucci Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The church counts on so many to “mother” its children — women religious, teachers, nurses and catechists. Giving thanks for this wider vision of motherhood is a rich celebration of God at work in our midst.
Mass attendance required?/ Questions on a mixed marriage May 10, 2018By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner If one is seriously ill, is that person still required to attend Mass? Is a marriage still recognized by the Catholic Church if a priest isn’t the officiant? Father Doyle has the answers in Question Corner.
How do we know what a smile really means? May 10, 2018By Maureen Pratt Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The simple smile is one of God’s greatest gifts, but it is also a complex nonverbal way of communicating what is going on inside of us and how we relate to others.
Sounding out the words May 9, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church How wonderful that, even when life isn’t easy and we struggle to be all we can be, our Father is watching us with a divine love that is beyond understanding.
Like Mary, we are all called May 6, 2018By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom Our job is not just to do good things for God, but to allow God to do good things through us. That’s what Mary models.
Michelle Wolf and the throwaway culture May 4, 2018By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire One of the extraordinary but often overlooked qualities of a system of objective morality is that it is a check on the powerful and a protection of the most vulnerable.
Mary, Mother of the Church May 3, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Amen, Commentary I heard that someone commenting on the new memorial said, “Isn’t there enough about Mary, already?” How can there be too much about Mary when she brought us Jesus?
The church exists to evangelize April 26, 2018By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop It’s not that most Catholics reject outright the call to spread the Gospel; it’s more that they decline to participate in it, often because they themselves have never been evangelized and adequately catechized.
Haiti alumna’s story: 15 years later April 24, 2018By Abby Taylor Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Missions I always knew I wanted a life of being immersed in other cultures, and one week in Haiti only completely confirmed this.
When incense is bothersome/ Giving beggars money April 24, 2018By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about the use of incense at Mass and whether a person should give money to homeless people.
‘Roe v. Wade’ Derangement Syndrome April 19, 2018By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, The Catholic Difference The defense of the indefensible leads to rage, and rage becomes a form of madness.
A great lady who was the first lady April 19, 2018By Richard Szczepanowski Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Richard Szczepanowski, a reporter for the Catholic Standard in Washington, shares his personal memories of Barbara Bush.
