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All Saint’s Day reminds us of faithful ones who went before us and made a way for our faithfulness. I celebrated this feast of gratitude...

Since becoming Catholic, I’m more aware than ever of the ignorant, prejudicial attitudes that pervade both sides of our divided Church....

It can be tough to burn with hope for some LGBT+ persons; allergic to chastity, alive to sensational new ‘sexualities’, they frame us as...

Long before I centered on the Eucharist as the focus of worship—the real meal that Catholics celebrate–I understood this breaking of...

The Crucified rallied the nations last week in Kansas City; under the flood of His Divine Mercy, we wept for joy. Ecstasy. No better way...

I woke from a fitful sleep, jet-lagged and already critical of the things that awaited me at morning Mass. I countered with a prayer for...

A young Catholic priest who participated in a recent Living Waters Training engaged a lot with our mostly evangelical crowd; he got...

‘In the Church, God has put Himself into hands that betray Him over and over.’ Pope Emeritus Benedict I was outraged. A well-known...

In these last couple weeks of our fast, I’ve had the privilege of making two trips to the Northeast where I witnessed the irresistible...

‘He will be like a refiner’s fire…then the Lord will have a people who bring offerings in righteousness.’ (Mal. 3:2, 3) I had seen the...

My good friend and colleague Dr. Joseph Nicolosi passed away yesterday from an unexpected, swift illness. I am in shock. He is the man...

Jesus’ broken body loosed a river of healing, not only for our personal wounds, but also for the massive divides we face as His body, the...

This fall, we advance in three exciting ways for the Body of Christ. Desert Stream Ministries is about helping make the Church a...

Roque Daniel Delgado’s stepfather was Mexican. Real Mexican. Santiago dressed to the nines, stuffed his Chicago home with colorful...

‘We fully “become” our true selves within relationships. A positive sense of self, rooted in worth and value, arises out of an attuned,...

For the last five years, I’ve wondered why the Church begins each year on January 1st by honoring Mary as Christ-bearer, the one who...

Last week I discovered some unexpected momentum for our prayer/fasting time. While wondering how I might keep a prayerful focus amid our...

‘See, I have placed before you an open door that cannot be shut’ (Rev. 3:8). The free and demanding door to chastity cannot be shut. It...

‘Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint.’ (PR 29:18) Without vision from spiritual parents, God’s children wither. And...

Landing in Brussels at the end of my intensive European tour reminded me of our first conference there in 1999. A most upright Catholic...