Yesterday (Sunday, May 17) is a confusing day for our Church in the United States. Some years ago the bishops of the United States decided...

Who comes next? This is one of our biggest human problems. Continuity. Next in line. We could think of evolution as one huge biological answer...

While I was exercising one day in the gym, I noticed a young man playing basketball by himself. From a talent point of view, he...

These weeks will have me back in New York: first Manhattan, then Long Island and finally Buffalo. It’s wonderful to return to places you’ve been...

Someone recently told me that they had dropped a spiritual practice because it was not getting them anywhere. They had given up on any spiritual...

On May 3 at the 11:30 Mass, we at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Knoxville, Tenn, had the traditional procession and coronation of...

Reference to our world today as a “global village” has become commonplace. And one of the blessings of tourist travel in our time is that...

Jesus formed a people, a community. “The Twelve” is an example of that. We are supposed to be about one another, but too often the...

Yesterday was the Annual “World Day of Prayer for Vocations.” Blessed Paul VI first instituted this “special event in 1963, appropriately assigning it to the...

The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for Sunday, April 26. With all the discussion about police around the country, let me...

For a long time, spirituality has been defined as the lived dimension of one’s faith, what faith looks like in everyday values and behaviors. And...

Christ’s love is unconditional and has no bounds. The Catholic Church sees itself as representing Christ, being the Body of Christ. But the Church is...