Cardinal Robert Sarah is one of the adornments of the Catholic Church. He accepted episcopal ordination knowing that he might well be killed for his witness to Christ.

If Catholics in the U.S. are going to be healers of our wounded culture, we’re going to have to learn to see the world through lenses ground by biblical faith. That form of depth perception only comes from an immersion in the Bible itself.

Anger defines many in various circles of the church. I’ve known social justice activists who are firebrands for their causes, but when they become discouraged, they can grow angry and embittered. They forget that the greatest social justice activist of all time was nailed to a cross. Immediate success in a cause is not guaranteed.

I’ve explained to God that He might want to rethink this free-will business. Yes, my generation can handle it, but those young people may not be able to handle it. “It seems to me,” I’ve told Him, “it’s just too much responsibility and freedom for them.” Apparently God disagrees.

I was at St. Joseph’s Church, one of the most beautiful churches in Astoria, where there is a lovely statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when I fell in love with the Miraculous Medal Novena.

It seems that Prince loved himself, but in the way that God urges all of us to love ourselves, by perfecting our talents and using them to serve the common good. To do this, Prince ultimately became a man of prayer

The Catholic love affair with the United States of America is heading into rough and uncharted waters – not only in this 2016 election cycle, but also for the foreseeable future.