Life is full of jumping spiders—and other things that are much more stressful and problematic. Nineteen years into marriage, I’m grateful that I don’t have to experience them alone.

The best part was discovering that serving others can be more fun than spending the afternoon doing what you thought you wanted to do.

Catholics don’t believe that a lack of physical healing is due to some fault in the faith of the one suffering, nor can it be attributed to a lack of faith on the part of that person’s loved ones.

The U.S. can overcome the challenges of migration if we recognize the opportunities the immigrants themselves offer.

We should be disciples like St. Francis, striving our best to imitate our master, he who was poor and willing to lay down his life in reparation for our sins.

An hour-and-a-half Mass — not just on solemnities, but every Sunday — has become normal, and they candidly propose that this is one of the factors driving people away.

As I sat in the waiting room, I thought I might have a few minutes to myself. Then the door burst open, and a mother and her two little girls came hurrying into the room. Fairly quickly, the older girl caught my eye and recognized me as an appreciative audience. She picked up her 3-year-old […]

Everything is connected. We are, all of us, connected, and we’re intimately connected to the natural world that is now under such duress.

A quick fib about eating the last piece of cake is obviously not on the same level as a lie in a business transaction that causes a family to lose their entire savings.

What’s especially interesting to me as a communicator is that, at its core, this synod demands good communications skills of its participants.