most dioceses in United States have protocols which require an individual to have medical and psychiatric evaluations, to rule out potential natural causes, before they can receive a major exorcism.

Even though we never knew him personally though, Georgie is so important to me—and to our family.

With everything I have going on this fall, I wasn’t looking for anything else to do. Sometimes I have an idea, though, and I just can’t shake it. That’s how I felt when I first thought about volunteering to teach faith formation at our parish. I haven’t taught Sunday School since the year the pandemic […]

Often in media coverage, the subject of faith is glossed over or ignored, but in the case of the resurgent 2023 Orioles, it appeared clear to me as a reporter that togetherness in faith among players furthered their bond as teammates.

St. Mary’s Cathedral will remain a longshot on my itinerary, while a temple wholly outside my faith looks too gorgeously interesting to go unexplored.

Even though St. Peter was the first pope, his status as the “first among equals” among the apostles doesn’t automatically mean that writing was his personal strong suit.

The whole weekend I had felt surrounded by God’s presence and love. But as the music washed over me, and I joined my voice to the others in that sacred space, I felt loved, comforted, and so at peace.

Our politics stands badly in need of an infusion of decency and idealism.

We find a clear scriptural reference on the praiseworthyness of praying for the dead in the Old Testament’s second book of Maccabees.

A millennial saint, Blessed Carlo Acutis reminds us that holiness isn’t measured by age or experience, but by devotion.