Why I Stay Catholic
“Most nights after everyone has gone to sleep, I’ll climb the stairs for bed and pass into the soft sound of my childhood: the Baltimore Orioles’ play-by-play men whispering the …
July 2019
In wake of gay marriage ruling, we chase holiness – in love
“My freshman roommate in college was smarter than hell, the best actor on campus, kind and wittier than anyone I knew. I remember we’d crack each other up deep into …
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A candidate in this race wants to unleash unmitigated war on God’s laws: why is the Church so silent?
“Recently in Catholic circles, a videotaped homily seemingly bounced off every wall of social media like it was a just-unearthed version of the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Read the full story …
The time for our bishops is now
“Some nights, I imagine, a few bishops cry. The ones with shepherd’s souls, with Peter’s heart – I think they’re the ones who cry. They know their flock is scattered. …
Open Letter to Priests
“Dear Wounded Fathers, Of course on this brokenhearted day your minds should turn to Ars, that small and despairing French town. The response to this swallowing red-tide of Church evil …
Priestly Ordination is a Call to Fatherhood in a Time of Crisis
“On successive June Saturdays, I watched two friends lay face down, their nose, palms and kneecaps resting on cold, hard marble floors. I found myself studying these young men as …
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