Heaven, in my mind, is a gathering place, a place where you are truly together – with God and with those you love.

Social media has created two separate realities: one for Democrats and one for Republicans.

Not much is as American as apple pie—unless it’s making apple pie and eating it on Election Day while watching the results come in.

Blessed Stanley Rother and Blessed Michael McGivney are exemplars of priestly courage, leadership and pastoral charity. Both are a source of encouragement, not only for seminarians but also for those of us already ordained.

The author of the Letter to the Hebrews wrote, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter […]

It’s a different kind of Halloween this year.

For me, patience and promise summarize the season of autumn, the term I prefer to fall, since it connotes a year’s “passing” rather than its “decline.” It’s a season I have long regarded with both joy and sadness.

Father Doyle fields questions about the “Catholic” and King James bibles and general absolution during COVID-19.

“Picture your doctor,” the instructor says. “Pick a bead that represents their race and put it in your cup.”

The pumpkins on our porch are just waiting to be carved, and this is looking like the weekend to make it happen.