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October 2026

October 01, 2026

Why Do We Build? Pope Leo XIV on Babel and the Vineyard

Building Without Keeping Score How do you build? There can be lots of reasons to...

September 2026

September 10, 2026

Never Forget: What 9/11 Should Teach Us 25 Years Later

If you are old enough to remember the terror attacks on the Twin Towers on...

August 2026

August 08, 2026

The Man Who Taught Nagasaki to Pray

On the morning of August 9, 1945, Nagasaki still knew almost nothing of the catastrophe...

July 2026

July 10, 2026

The Big Opportunity for Bishops After the SSPX Consecrations

Part of me resists writing about the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). I respect...

June 2026

June 28, 2026

Let Freedom Ring: Truth and the American Soul

The Fourth of July is one of my favorite holidays. It always brings me back...

June 25, 2026

Your Writing Makes the Pope Happy

Everything that makes us human attracts Pope Leo's attention. Writing is one of these things....

November 2025

November 15, 2025

Beyond Left and Right: Catholic Church on Immigration

Because immigration touches on human dignity, labor, the family, and the common good, it resists...

November 07, 2025

If You’re Not Building, You’re Breaking

Are we building up the Church or breaking it down? Sometimes, it can feel embarrassing...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

I like praying in cemeteries

I like praying in cemeteries. During my formation years in Germany especially, I liked to...

October 28, 2025

Why is there Catholic Education?

Education is not an accessory, but central to evangelization. – Pope Leo XIV Yesterday, a...

October 27, 2025

Contraception and Catholics

When Pope Paul VI published his encyclical Humanae Vitae, the world was stunned. Many expected...

October 24, 2025

Just Trying to Be Good

Why is it so hard to be good? Don’t we sometimes have the impression that...

October 17, 2025

Faith Beyond Fairness

Have you ever felt like your cries for justice are falling on deaf ears? When...

October 10, 2025

Pope Leo on Love for the Poor

With the publication of his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi te, Pope Leo XIV has offered...

September 2025

September 26, 2025

The Treasure Meant to Be Shared

We’ve all seen those cringeworthy videos where someone films himself “helping the poor” more for...

September 19, 2025

Faithful in Little, Faithful in Much

Something the Gospel message is simple: be faithful in small things before being entrusted with...

September 09, 2025

Jesus Going Viral

Today is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross – a feast that...

September 04, 2025

Bridging the Chasm Between God and Man with the Cross

When Jesus tells us to carry our cross, it is because he knows that we...

September 04, 2025

“Close the Door and Pray”: Creating a Place to Meet God

Do you ever wish you had space to pray? I remember listening to a woman...

August 2025

August 28, 2025

How To Worship When The Space Isn’t Inspiring

Perhaps there should have been a moratorium on church architecture for a few decades. We...

August 25, 2025

Lesson of Humility from a Styrofoam Cup

Born into nobility and made a cardinal at just 22, Charles Borromeo could have chased...

August 21, 2025

Re-Centering Worship: Liturgical Combat of Clericalism

If clericalism arises when priests become the focus of worship, then a liturgical orientation that...

August 18, 2025

The Narrow Door and the Acquired Taste of Heaven

This summer, I ate more mushrooms than I ever thought possible. I was staying at...

August 14, 2025

Beyond the Pulpit: Combating Clericalism through Synodality

“Clericalism” is a hot-button issue. Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis criticized clericalism. Clericalism is an...

August 11, 2025

Sometimes, You Just Feel Like Jeremiah

“Jeremiah” was one of my nicknames early on in my formation. A priest, whom I...

August 05, 2025

Staying Catholic in College: Five Tips for a Stronger Faith

As summer turns to fall, students are heading off to college, many for the first...

August 04, 2025

Making the Sign of the Cross – Even at McDonald’s

Do you bless your meal in public? I remember working at a Catholic Summer Camp...

August 01, 2025

Greed is Never Satisfied: Jesus vs. Gordon Gekko

The first time I read D.H. Lawrence’s “Rocking Horse Winner” about greed, it left a...

July 2025

July 31, 2025

University Education and St. John Henry Newman

University students across the English-speaking world owe a debt of gratitude to Cardinal Newman. Newman...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

Eyes Up to Heaven: Ascension and the Question of Humanity

In The Bicentennial Man, a lifelike robot seeks recognition as human. After two centuries, it...