Do you ever get frustrated with apparently meaningless events in your life? There is a truth that can change that. God exists, and He is...

There is an odd thing that happened after the recent fires in Los Angeles. Some places were burned, and some were not. That is not what...

Back when I was protestant and wandering through the alphabet soup of denominations, I remember frequently having conversations about...

How often today are children born out of wedlock? In America it is fourty percent. That is a staggering number, but it is not the...

What is singing for in the Mass? Maybe it would help if I began by asking, "what is singing not for?" If we can eliminate some of those...

I heard a story recently about a Catholic who was in a debate with a pagan. The Catholic made a solid point that everyone in the room...

"The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to use it, neither does he know how to...

One of the most agonizing experiences as a priest (not the most , but one of the most ) is when someone makes a point, and then uses a...

Roe v Wade is now gone, and people who see babies as inconveniences are getting desperate. Some of their arguments are simply insane. The...

I get questions frequently about the parameters for receiving an indulgence. There are many of them available every day (even doing the...

Do any of you like to play with knives? Some people actually do, so it is a valid question. Most of the people who like to play with...

Someone tried that secular claim on me again recently. He said "Adam and Eve descended from simian forebears". Nope . If Adam and Eve...

[ Please read all the way through to the end. And, be aware, this is not written for little kids! ] All public schools should be entirely...

"The purpose of clothing is to keep warm in winter and to cover your nakedness, not to serve your vanity." St. Cyril of Jerusalem

Our American Constitution guarantees the "freedom of religion". That is quite a unique way to describe what they were aiming at...

I came across a fairly extreme belief that some Catholics have today. Let me be clear: I am not talking about a majority of Catholics,...

Just as St. Thomas Aquinas was able to read Aristotle and see God's truth in places, so also can we find truth in other places in the...

Have you ever noticed that the gospel reading for Ash Wednesday has Jesus telling us to "wash our faces"? Many people have said they...

Are workers and businesses doing a worse job than before, or are people just complaining more? Almost every day that I read the news (and...

I have mentioned before how I have heard Catholics defend and support non-catholic ideas and behavior as though they are in complete...