The U.S. assisted-suicide movement has ridiculed slippery-slope arguments, saying we will never follow the Netherlands in approving assisted suicide for people who only have dementia. It seems we are almost there now.

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you didn’t get hit by the Chinese space station.

Every year when I take out the eggs for Easter I google “how to boil eggs.”

National identity is a precious thing, but it can only lead to a true civic patriotism if it deals with history honestly.

As Holy Week and the Easter season unfold, let us embrace the One who transcends our opinions and controversies. Only his love shows us the way. Then we will find the peace the world cannot give. 

They are showing us a distinctively Catholic way of engaging with sport as an aspect of culture. This is characterized by what some have described as the Catholic “and.”

Here are five of my favorite quotes from Sister Helen’s talk, though she has given me so much to think about this week.

Father Doyle fields questions about Stephen Hawking and prayers for Russia.

When I arrived at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary as the rector three years ago, I thought I knew how to answer the question of how someone becomes a Catholic priest. I was wrong.

I wasn’t there because I’m a big fan of Gravedigger (though an enormous remote control version patrols our house regularly), I was there because my boys were into monster trucks, and I’m their biggest fans.