Today is the feast day of my patron saint, Charles Borromeo. The times in which he lived were not so different from the current ones and the leadership he exemplified is sorely needed today. And although I am not a bishop as he was, I
People who aren’t from the South might not be familiar with the French Creoles. The Creoles are descendants of the settlers of Louisiana who were of French descent. The term also became applied to descendants of enslaved Africans who were born in Louisiana. One of those
Today the Church commemorates the feast-day of St. Martin de Porres (1579 – 1639), one of the most beloved saints of popular piety throughout the world. He was born in a tiny hut in Lima, Peru, the son of a Spanish knight and a woman
To speak truth without love is often to be deliberately cruel. The inverse holds true, too—as to avoid the truth out of a sense of “love” causes just as much damage. Few places are these two equally erroneous attitudes on display quite like at the
We had heard the distant gunshots for a few weeks. But that morning they were close and seemed to ring out with purpose. I looked to my older brother and the other adults for reassurance. Their eyes were full of anguish and frustration. All we
AMMAN, Jordan — The Kingdom of Jordan, the East Bank of the Holy Land, has the meaning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy — “Merciful Like the Father” — written all over the holy places and the people. As a Christian pilgrim on a tour
You shall be called by a new name pronounced by the mouth of the Lord… No longer shall men call you, “Forsaken,” or your land “Desolate,” but you shall be called “My Delight,” and your land “Espoused.” Isaiah 62:4 It came on like a bad
WASHINGTON – The driver of a vehicle who caused the death of a Washington Catholic high school student said the compassion shown to her after the accident by the boy’s parents was the “most profound” experience of grace she has felt in her life. The
My journey deeper into the Cross has continued into even more arduous terrain since I wrote “The Strange Ways God Heals Our Sufferings”.Oftentimes we are called to go without knowing where the road will lead or when relief will come. We must trust and continue following
I was broadcasting live on the radio on the morning of September 11, 2001. We knew about the two planes which had been rammed into the Twin Towers and the one which had been used as a missile against the Pentagon. There had been reports
