I've written occasionally on the dangers of the ongoing massive effort to redefine marriage as something other than the sacramental unio...

Driving from Florida to Massachusetts has become almost routine for us. I've lost count of the number of round trips we've made sin...

Tomorrow morning Diane and I head north with the firm hope that our arrival in Massachusetts will precede that of our newest, soon-to-be-bor...

Since I started this blog two years ago, I've included a number of posts on the expanding dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox Chu...

Because the Chinese economy has undergone such remarkable growth in recent decades, largely due to governmental support of a quasi free-mark...

I've written before about my favorite charity, the Wildwood Soup Kitchen, an ecumenical ministry in Wildwood, Florida that feeds the hun...

I spent my high school years at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY. The school was named for Aloysius Stepinac, a Croatian...

I've addressed this issue before, but sometimes the words just don't provide the whole picture. A few weeks ago Pakistani Catholics ...

For both the clergy and the laity, who recite the daily prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours, there is a new iPhone and iPod Touch applicatio...

I've been an ardent fan of J. R. R. Tolkien for my entire adult life, and in recent years have managed to find several audio recordings ...

In its 2,000-year history among men, the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church has suffered much for the sins of its members. There's...

Near Covington, Louisiana there is a Benedictine monastery, St. Joseph Abbey ,  where 36 monks pray and work as monks always have. The work ...

Readings: Is 66:18-21; Ps 117; Heb 12:5-7,11-13; Lk 13:22-30 Some years ago, working at a college in New England, I was asked to teach a c...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced the Vatican's approval of the English-language translation of the new Rom...

If you're old enough -- that is, if you attended Mass before 1965 -- you'll remember the recitation of certain prayers after low Mas...

I don't spend a lot of my time roaming the worldwide web because I actually have much better things to do. But if one is judicious the w...

Unless you're a total recluse -- and if you are, you certainly wouldn't be reading this blog -- you've no doubt heard of the con...

I've been to Malaysia only once, and that was for a brief two-day visit 40 years ago. I also had a Malaysian friend during my college da...

In my previous post I provided a link to Elizabeth Scalia's blog, The Anchoress , but what I hadn't read at the time was her piece ...

We hear so much these days about the lack of vocations, particularly among women, that one might think all religious orders will soon be on...