As the National Eucharistic Congress comes to an end, there is a growing chorus of Church leaders calling for us to take up a eucharistic missionary life. 

This past week, the U.S. National Eucharistic Revival’s Congress in Indianapolis started, and a surprising study’s results came to light.

New Yorkers couldn’t even get through the long holiday weekend without discovering some Christian bashing in the pages of The New York Times. 

As we prepare to celebrate our nation’s 248th founding, we are already experiencing the hazy, lazy days of summer. This time of the year is known for relaxation, vacation, and enjoying the good life. 

The Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, has a brave and honest shepherd in Bishop James Conley. His pastoral letter on mental health, titled “The Human Condition: Hope in the Cross and Resurrection,” addresses several aspects of mental health from a Catholic perspective. In this letter, Bishop Conley shares his own struggles with anxiety and depression, providing a personal and relatable context. He describes his experiences with medication, therapy, and a sabbatical for treatment, highlighting the importance of seeking help.

Last year the FBI rescinded an internal memo, leaked by a whistleblower, revealing how the federal law enforcement division of the Justice Department was targeting “radical traditional Catholics.”

It was 75 years ago when my uncle and thousands of other young men, some my age, some even younger, stormed Normandy’s beaches. The barbed-wire frontlines of Hitler’s Third Reich were teeming with landmines waiting to blow, Luftwaffe overhead, waiting to strafe.

Following the wisdom of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, we should do exactly what the Second Vatican Council’s “Dogmatic Constitution of the Church” has asked us to do, namely, recognize the reality that the Church makes the Eucharist and the Eucharist makes the Church!

“Greetings from the President of the United States. Your friends and neighbors have selected you to represent [them] in the Armed Forces …” And so begins the so-called “friends” letter notifying a young man that he has been conscripted. The “draft” has not been used since the Vietnam War, yet we still honor draftees on Memorial Day. 

Troubling news came out late last month that the federal Drug Enforcement Administration was pushing for a reclassification of marijuana from a Schedule 1 drug to Schedule 3.  This would put marijuana in the same category as anabolic steroids.  While the federal government is not looking to legalize marijuana outright, it could easily be a […]