Echoes of the original “Star Wars: The New Hope” abound in the new film “The Force Awakens.” For the most part, that’s a good thing. ...
Music artist David Bowie died Sunday, January 10. Below is a homily I gave a number of years ago based on his Live Aid performance...
Paulist Fathers have engaged in campus ministry for over a century because universities are filled with ideas and energy. Due to the academic break in...
Saturday, December 12 is the centennial of the birth of Francis Albert Sinatra in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants. Without question, the soundtrack of...
All of us need to stand up and say something to those who are playing on our fears to make the atmosphere of our country...
One of the ways I intend to pray through the Year of Mercy is with the “Jesus Prayer.” It has its roots in the scripture...
If we have the power to prevent gun homicides, why don’t we use it?
The Church’s Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy begins...
(This post by Paulist Fr. Ron Franco first appeared at City Father.) In P.D. James’ dystopian novel, The Children of Men (1992), a group that meets...
We have to call the actions of those who acted in Paris what they are: Sins. Acts of deliberate hatred.
The plastic marble lobby of Madison Square Garden on the other side of the metal detectors the line of those seeking to be shriven doesn’t...
A video reflection on the struggle for justice at the University of Missouri.