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January 2015

January 12, 2015

Ten Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today

1. From Arkansas: When he was around 12 years old, Luis Miguel Pacheco, a frustrated,...

December 2014

December 28, 2014

The Human Family, an Icon of God

Scott Hahn's new book, Joy to the World: How Christ's Coming Changed Everything (and Still...

December 23, 2014

Yes, the Pope’s Speech Monday Is Pretty Awesome

It’s also very typical of him. Give or take a few details, it’s a great...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Going Along for a Ride with Pope Francis

By now, many have a favorite photo of Pope Francis. His moments with Vinicio Riva...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

He Never Tired of Repeating That Only Name that Counts

Today (August 20) has been the feast day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a saint...

August 19, 2014

Was Your Prayer a Failure?

This was one of the questions a journalist asked Pope Francis on the plane ride...

August 14, 2014

For Korea, for St. Louis, for the World

A few words about peace from Pope Francis, upon landing in Korea: The quest for...

August 11, 2014

Do Not Let Yourself Be Robbed of Faith, Hope, Love, Joy

All too often, in the busy-ness of life, in the overwhelming gravity of news headlines,...

June 2014

June 13, 2014

We Can’t Give Up on Politics: Pope Francis & the Restoration Imperative

It’s not sufficient -- or acceptable -- to be cynical about politics. It’s absolutely true...

June 10, 2014

Pope Francis on the Christian Life: So Simple & Yet So Difficult

You don’t get more practical than the Beatitudes. That was Pope Francis’ Monday morning message...

April 2014

April 14, 2014

Where Is My Heart? The Cross of Christ & Our Deepest Identity

Who am I? Who am I, before my Lord? Who am I, before Jesus who...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

A Year with the Joy of the Gospel

Grazie Pozo Christie is a diagnostic radiologist in south Florida who loves her Catholic faith...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

One other thing the pope said at Mass for new cardinals Saturday was: The Church...

February 22, 2014

Men Who Love Mary

One of the 19 men who became a cardinal today, the one from North America,...

February 17, 2014

Are We Salt and Light?

Randy Hain at The Integrated Catholic Life asks the question of Christian communications (and our...

December 2013

December 24, 2013

Is Pope Francis a Marxist?

Michael Coren, author of the new book, The Future of Catholicism, and I had this...

December 21, 2013

What’s a Good Gift to Give for Christmas?

Helping someone with this, everyday: God calls you to make definitive choices, and he has...

December 11, 2013

Resetting the Conversation on The Gospel of Joy

There has been a tremendous amount of commentary surrounding The Gospel of Joy, Pope Francis’s...

December 09, 2013

The Pope of Time Magazine?

This is a contender for Correction of the Year: In its Person of the Year online...

December 02, 2013

Got Pope Francis’s Back Here?

Here's a timely quote I just came across while moving piles on my desk, from...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

There’s that Holy Father Francis Walking Us Through a More Discerning Life Again

In his homily Friday morning Pope Francis said: the spirit of the world does not...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

Experience the Loving Presence of Jesus in Your Life

Pope Francis delivered his first address in English Friday. Listen here. It is quite moving...

October 06, 2013

Blessed Rolando!

In his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis mentioned a Italian young man who has been...

October 04, 2013

Don’t Misunderstand St. Francis

Pope Francis Friday morning in Assisi on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi touched...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Desire Mercy

I recently subscribed to a daily Ignatian reflection from the Magis Center for Catholic Spirituality,...

September 20, 2013

You Are Beloved

During one Saturday Mass this summer, a priest shared how surprised we might be that...

September 14, 2013

Feel Deeply the Salvation of the Mystery of the Cross

Be human already! Christ became man for you, died for you, feel this, know this....

September 06, 2013

What Are You Doing with that Wine?

Friday's gospel is about new wine and old wineskins. Fr. James Bradley (whose Twitter feed...

September 04, 2013

Are You Drowning?

One of the unmistakable themes of the papacy of Pope Francis thus far is mercy,...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Yo Yo Yo See Me Chillaxed with Da Pope? Yeah!

NBC reports that Pope Francis posed for a "selfie" yesterday with a group of kids,...