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Father John E. Hurley, CSP | 05/28/14

On Pope Francis’ return trip from World Youth Day in Brazil to Rome, he was asked about people who are gay. As he concluded his...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 05/27/14

Popeye, the cartoon, was a normal person with human weaknesses. Then there would be a crisis. The crisis or threat seemed to be winning. Then...

Stuart A. Wilson-Smith, CSP | 05/21/14

I was watching Game 6 of the Montreal Canadiens–Boston Bruins playoff series when I came to a sudden and profound realization: I don’t know how...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 05/19/14

After you stop breathing, they call what is left of you, “the remains.” The remains must be gotten rid of, buried, burned, thrown somewhere, like...

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 05/16/14

So if you could be an animal, which one would it be?  Or if you could use a color to describe how you are feeling,...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 05/15/14

 The National Mass of Thanksgiving for the canonization of St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in...

Father Terrence P. Ryan, CSP | 05/13/14

The cross is a difficult sell.  For people who want and can have comfort, most needs met, and lot’s of wants satisfied, you won’t get...

Father Thomas Ryan, CSP | 05/12/14

In the first half of the 50-year post-Vatican II period, international and national interchurch dialogue commissions addressed a range of doctrinal differences inherited from the...

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 05/08/14

The following is a homily for the weekend of Sunday, May 11. The owner of the Clippers. The CEO of Target. Banks fined over a...

Father Lawrence A. Rice, CSP | 05/06/14

With the recent canonizations of St. John XXII and St. John Paul II (and the presence at the ceremony of both Pope Francis and Pope...

Father Francis P. DeSiano, CSP | 05/05/14

Can it be that the time has come, in our general American culture and in our Catholic culture as well, to celebrate virginity? For almost...

Father Charles J. Brunick, CSP | 05/02/14

Doubting Thomas … The very name history has bestowed upon the Apostle Thomas is indeed pejorative. We still use the phrase today to describe someone...