Conscience and its enemies September 24, 2019By Richard Doerflinger Filed Under: A More Human Society, Commentary Should doctors and nurses be forced to take part in procedures that violate their conscience? It’s a timely question. New federal regulations to enforce existing conscience protection laws are being challenged in federal courts.
Make room for the essential September 24, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church As we begin the start of a new school year, and children and young people are filling their backpacks for a season of new opportunities, maybe we, too, can take the time to look at what’s filling our lives.
Biblical wisdom for expectant, ‘older’ mothers September 19, 2019By Elise Italiano Ureneck Filed Under: Bible, Commentary, Guest Commentary There is a special kind of humiliation (and humor, if you’re a good sport), reserved for pregnant women who skew a little bit above the average age of moms in this country.
Finding help, healing depression September 13, 2019By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom I share my story in the hopes that it will help someone else. There’s no shame in sharing our limitations.
Humility: The mother of all virtues September 12, 2019By Father Eugene Hemrick Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Simply put, humility is knowing God’s place in our success.
What to say in confession/ Reverence needed in church September 10, 2019By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions about returning to confession and the proper clothing for church.
Lessons in empathy September 9, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Local News Everything I need to know, I learned at home and St. Rose of Lima School.
As “The League” begins its centennial season…. September 6, 2019By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Gino Marchetti of the old Baltimore Colts was a big man in several ways.
Deacon created shepherd’s crosier for Bishop Brennan September 3, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary Bishop Brennan’s new crosier was crafted by a longtime friend who imagined what King David’s crosier may have looked like.
Communicate with integrity September 1, 2019By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary Winning an argument or venting on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook are not good reasons to muckrake, to search out and publicize the faults of people one disagrees with.
In secret you will be repaid August 29, 2019By Brett Robinson Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Recollection is the practice of gathering those things together again to see the self in full.
What all Hispanics lost in the tragedy of the El Paso massacre August 22, 2019By Moises Sandoval Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary Reports from around the country show that all of us, whether Mexican Americans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Central or South Americans or Caribbean peoples, feel less safe, whether our roots in lands now in the U.S. go back, as mine, 325 years, or whether we are recent immigrants.
