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.

Earlier this week, I learned that one of our family friends, Rev. David Allen, S.J., passed away.

God takes our imperfect worship and is grateful for whatever we offer, but what he wants above all else is a heart focused on him.

In a world in which only knowledge that is derived from the scientific method is regarded as true, such miracles may reinvigorate the faith of those doubting Thomases for whom seeing is believing.

Every year, between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15, the United States observes Hispanic Heritage Month. The observance began as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 and, in 1988, was extended by law into a full-month celebration.

There are some situations where the usual in-depth formal process for marriage nullity is not required.

That priest, in giving me that particular penance that day, stirred something within me that I can only describe with the Greek word anamnesis, the act of memory, central to the Christian liturgy, that makes what we remember truly present for us again.

I prefer to wait for the synod to happen before passing final judgment on either its process or its product.

The theme for this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees, chosen by the Holy Father, Pope Francis, is “Free to Choose Whether to Migrate or to Stay.”