In Chapter 31 of her autobiography, the 16th-century Carmelite St. Teresa of Avila – one of four female Doctors of the Church, including her spiritual daughter, St. Thérèse of Lisieux […]
Since Oct. 7 – the date on which Hamas launched its attack on Israel – I have been trying to understand something incomprehensible. There is a lot that has happened […]
Parents are all too familiar with the sort of anxiety that can subconsciously nag at you all day long, before really kicking in at night. While we’re up and about […]
Too often lately, it feels like the offices from which we’ve historically taken our cues – our political and community leadership, the punditry, local authorities, and even some church groups […]
Before he was known for anything else, Pope Francis was known as “the first non-European pope in nearly 1,300 years.” Throughout the last 10 years, he has led the Church […]
Like St. Teresa of Avila, I have a skull on my desk. Two, actually — one plain and one riotously decorated in green and purple. I think they’re funny; they […]
The Dec. 31 death of Pope Benedict XVI has brought much discussion of his prolific pen, with his numerous theological writings, pastoral letters, and encyclicals. Mentions of his many books, […]
In every life, there comes a moment where we find ourselves brought to our knees, a moment when we are immersed in something tragic and personally gutting, and our questions […]
