Given at Hamilton, Dublin, and Comanche Texas on 20 January 2013  If you had conducted a survey of American clergy 100 years ago and ask...

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The question has come up lately in light of Syrian refugees and the problems of security risks coupled with receiving such refugees (espec...

Pope Francis' homily at Vespers in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York during his visit to the United States included one paragrap...

In the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent invitation for a gathering of Anglican primates, he noted, “We have no Anglican pope. Our author...

(Delivered to a chapter of priests of the Society of the Holy Cross.) “They offered him wine mingled with myrrh, but he would not take it....

I supposed Planned Parenthood has pulled out all the big guns in doing damage control after the recent undercover videos leaked their prac...

DISCLAIMER: I want to make one thing clear so there’s no confusion, and that is that we’re not talking about salvation here or “how to be s...

And I thought I'd post them here so I could remember what I said and find it again. I posted this comment to one of George Takei's...

Not too long ago, I heard an interesting ad on the radio. It was for a lighting company that was having a sale. I think they specialize in...

The short answer is no. Let me explain why; the explanation is important because the truth is important. This post is written in response to...

I came across a delightful passage this afternoon from a book called Liturgy for the Layman by Luwig Winterswyl that I just had to share:...

One of the things I like most about the Christmas season are the carols. It only occurred to me recently that so many of them came to us f...