When I first heard the phrase, “His ‘I’s are too close together,” I thought that it was about the eye in the head. I did...

The following is a homily based on Scripture readings for Sunday, Oct. 9.   “What are you going to wear?” “I don’t know, but I...

A few years ago I was on a retreat in California. The retreat master was a Camoldolese monk. You may wonder why a group of...

The following is a homily based on the Scripture readings for Sunday, October 5. People usually hate paying rent. “Why do I pay and, in...

Francis of Assisi is one of the view saints in the Catholic calendar honored by the different religions around the world. Pope Pius XI stated...

I think that sports teams are scrambling to get players to treat women with respect. Don’t objectify them. Don’t see them as sex objects for...

Ray Rice, formerly on the Ravens active roster, is only the last of a long list of bad boys. Tiger Woods is perhaps the most...

Marriage is disappearing. More than 40 percent of new mothers are unmarried.” Sybil Sawhill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote that startling comment...

The following is a continuation of Father Ryan’s Sept. 16 post. CSID believes that failed policies in supporting the democratic aspirations of the Syrian people...

With last night’s conclusion of Ken Burns’ 7-night TV series, The Roosevelts, the following is a Paulist footnote on history. Paulist Father Alexander P. Doyle...

The following is a homily for the Scripture readings for Sunday, Sept. 21. “Oh, no you don’t.” These four words swarm into our minds when...

Around the front end of my mid-20s, I started struggling with time and its tendency to move forward. It was around then that I realized...