Blessed New Year. Much has changed in my life and much remains the same. The challenge for me, as a pastor and as a faithful Catholic Christian, is to strive to live my life as a reflection of the ...

It professes faith in the God who redeemed us through Jesus Christ.” Central to the Nicene Creed is the doctrine of incarnation: God becoming human. The Gospel of John marvelously captures God’s ...

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in Our image, in Our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all ...

In a packed-full auditorium of eager participants, a renowned orator was announced onto the large stage to a standing ovation. After the audience was comfortably seated, the orator started his seminar ...

Of all the second-rank holidays that follow the big three of Passover, Easter and Christmas my favorite is Valentine's Day. I know it is a Christian holiday at root but so is Halloween and I love ...

In her first trade book, Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award recipient, Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of the TODAY show, shares reflections on faith and life and offers inspiration for all of us to do what ...

The image of God revealed by the Christian right alarms me. It should alarm all of us because it has taken over our public square. How we see God, whether we planned it this way or not, determines, in ...

God judges in order to inspire us to change, in order that God can forgive. Again, let’s stay with experience, not myth: the notion is that we judge ourselves so that we can introspect, right our ...

When Pope John Paul II's pontificate is assessed by future generations, he may well be remembered as the “Pope of the family.” Indeed, he has provided more teaching on marriage and the family than all ...

In the stillness of Holy Saturday, we confront the profound silence of God, a silence that invites us to listen deeply and trust in the promise of resurrection and renewed life We are not always ...