The palpable discontent that normally grips the American electorate during the political high-season seems to have given way to a soul-rattling restlessness.  The evidence for this is that the standard right-left wedge issues have been replaced by the even more…

In the hours and days that passed after the horror of the attacks on September 11, 2001, when the shock began to wear off and the fear began to set in, Americans flocked to their churches and flooded into town…

In the span of a mere nine weeks during late spring, the faithful are exposed to the most important elements of the faith.  On the post-Vatican II Roman liturgical calendar we find the institution of both the Eucharist and the…

As horrifying as it is to hear it and to speak it, the entire Christian world will once again witness the unfolding drama of the Passion during Holy Week.  For many of us, this time will be one of sincere…

The debate over the impact of the media on the minds and hearts of adults and children has raged since the onset of radio and television and never more pointedly than in the two decades since the explosion of the…

Standing at the base of an old, graying, wooden ladder I didn’t know what I would find in that mountain-cave turned church. As I ascended those ten or 12 steps my heart pounded, my breath grew short and my eyes…

A small but brave group of Byzantine Catholics has stood on Western soil tediously, yet joyfully, toiling away at the task given by Pope John Paul II in his May 2, 1995 Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen (Light of the East…

With so much in the world that can cause us to be dazed and disgruntled, it is sometimes hard to know where to turn to find answers to life’s toughest questions. Making matters worse, though, is when you genuinely turn…

The Romans discredited it, the Jews denied it and the Gnostics couldn’t stomach it.  For more than 20 centuries the Church has been fighting off the throngs of heretics who deny much or all of the Symbol of Faith, but…