Recently I was hearing confessions for the students at St. Dominic Savio High School in North Austin. As I was getting ready the students came...

The government shutdown finally ended. Nonetheless, it is important for us to reflect on what the role of government is in our times especially when...

Proselytism is solemn nonsense. This stunning statement came from Pope Francis in his conversation with the Italian atheist who founded the Roman newspaper, La Repubblica....

This month of October is Respect Life Month. We are called all year long, but especially in this month of October, to pray and work...

I come to realize that it is easier to find God than to find a doctor who will make an appointment with me. I can...

Being a religious seminarian engaged in forms of new media like twitter and blogging (to the greatest degree possible given the demands of seminary formation)...

Our new Pope – Francis – has been causing quite a stir. In addition to his thought-provoking homily given at World Youth Day in Rio...

Francis of Assisi is one of the few saints in the Catholic calendar honored by the different religions around the world.  And with the election...

“Marry your own.” That was my mother’s advice about marriage to anyone who would listen. When we would protest, “No, you have to marry the...

Jesus begins his theology with a positive anthropology. This firmly distinguishes him from the Pharisees in the Gospels, whose theology often leads them to a...

 “What is happening between Sunnis and Shias around the world is a catastrophe. What is happening in Syria is a catastrophe. One voice doesn’t mean...

Friday, Sept. 27, is the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul. You have probably heard of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, or as it...