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March 2018

March 24, 2018

Little Sins and Deadly Sins: They’re More Connected Than We’d Like To Think

*My conversation with Elizabeth Scalia is embedded at the bottom of the page* Little Sins...

February 2018

February 24, 2018

Why do Catholics Venerate Relics? Get the Answers to your Questions.

It can be unsettling to see these ancient practices in our modern world. Let's be...

February 23, 2018

The Shroud of Turin: Pious Forgery or Relic of the Passion?

I had the pleasure of talking with Father Peter Mangum, rector of the Cathedral of...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

The Pope in a Media Obsessed Culture: Don’t Borrow Trouble

If you were to follow me around with a press corps, you would find that...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S. on the Travel ‘Ban’ and Immigration

Bishop Eusebio Elizondo talks about the Catholic perspective on Immigration on this week's Outside the...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

A Novena for Parents who have Lost a Child

There is nothing we can say that will make things easier for a parent who...

October 2016

October 16, 2016

To Sam: A Letter on Letters. ‘Love, Henri’ and other gems.

There's something about letters that you just can't get from a book. When putting pen...

October 11, 2016

Bishop John Stowe on Forming Consciences

Is it really pro-life to consider the Second Amendment as an absolute good, regardless of...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

I Have a Confession to Make

Shortly after my conversion, a social-media acquaintance of mine asked me to explain the Sacrament...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

Apostolic Succession on Display

I had the great pleasure of attending the Rite of Episcopal Ordination for the Most...

June 27, 2016

Of Road Trips and Rest Stops – Vol 2.

Back in May, I wrote about one of our favorite rest stops on our long...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

Evil for Evil, Reviling for Reviling

“He hit me!” her indignant little voice exclaims. I turn my attention to the offender....

May 06, 2016

Of Road Trips and Rest Stops

Here we are as far as we could be from my days leading the band...