“A school cannot advocate or celebrate relationships or conduct which contradict Church teaching, without failing the very students it is called to form..."

Key to every first responder’s and serviceman’s duty is the readiness to sacrifice his or her life for another… Few of us have actually signed up to do this as a matter of basic duty

If Christ is the bond that holds a family together, then it will have an indestructible solidity

All of us work, but don’t always reflect on the meaning and purpose of it. This is troublesome, especially for Catholics

Mary and the month of May are as inseparable as rain and spring flowers…and there’s no better ambassador of Christ than Mary

“Father Flanagan served in a noble way for our youth. Boys Town is a national model for dealing with at-risk youth, and he was a sterling model of priestly zeal and compassion for them.

Jesus’ three demonic temptations correspond to three daily idolatry temptations that we face in our earthly journey to heaven.

It’s good to stretch ourselves, but we must stretch ourselves with the right things. To discern those right things, we must ask, “Why did God make me?”

The idols and demons of our age would have us turn away from the truth that the Son of God lived among us as a man

Mercy is the primary way we receive the Lord and give him to others. As we have developed a renewed understanding of mercy throughout this year, we are truly called to be merciful like the Father

When the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the country’s assisted suicide law last year, it didn’t take long for its implications to become apparent.

Our past relationship with Jesus is very important, but more important is how attentive we are in our current encounters with Jesus.

The more we fix our hearts on who God is (praise) and what he has done (thanksgiving), the more readily we will trust him, know him and want him.

In an address to the bishops of Brazil, Pope Francis reiterated: “It is very important to reaffirm the family, which remains the essential cell of society and the Church.”

The Holy Spirit impels us to follow in Jesus’ footsteps — to be as he is and to do as he does.

Twenty couples gathered on May 2, 2006, with our bishop and first speaker, Tom Monaghan, who announced that the new Western Massachusetts Chapter had perhaps the singular honor of the fastest charter in Legatus’ history

Most of my readers will be familiar with the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. I will focus on the former

During Lent we need to rid ourselves of things that pull us away from God rather than bringing us closer to Him

When we begin the season of Advent, a spirit of hope and anticipation begins to grow again in our hearts as we prepare to remember and celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

When he addressed Congress, Pope Francis challenged every U.S. citizen to remember the ideals upon which we were founded.