Where have all the altar boys gone? At the weekend Mass my wife and I regularly attend we have not seen an altar boy for
When I graduated from high school, the extent of my knowledge concerning the stock market and securities amounted to the knowledge that there was a
Last month I wrote about how many Catholic Churches are being vandalized or burned. While writing that article I began to reflect on another topic
The Catholic Church has seven sacraments that members of the Church receive at different stages of their lives. One of those sacraments is Holy Matrimony
For at least the last half century, the Catholic Church, although charged with boldly proclaiming the Truth to the world, has been suffering from sloth,
If you’re looking for new spiritual reading this Lent, I highly recommend Bathe Seven Times, a contemplative look at the seven capital sins, written by
Our good, holy, faithful clergy now suffer abuse from an outraged public in the midst of the unfolding abuse scandal. Check out the online
Five hundred years ago, the Roman Catholic Church was going through an incredible time of corruption and holiness, shame and glory, evil and good. It
Like you, Dear Reader, I was angered and sickened by the Pennsylvania grand jury report. But the lynch-mob mentality that quickly formed among the
Dr. Taylor Marshall had a recent post on the state of the priesthood by the numbers. The “priest to Catholics” ratio (taken from the Center
One has to look far and wide to find positive images of Christianity and in particular the Catholic Church in today’s mainstream media and in
It is well known that there is a crisis in the Catholic Church across the western world. Parishes have closed due to declining attendance
Some revolutionaries, who want the Church to attempt to confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders on women, point to this verse from St. Paul’s Epistle
priests It’s very common in our culture today for people to think that much of what we Catholics believe is behind the times and out
Pope Francis made the following statement in a homily a few years ago on the topic of the Holy Spirit in our lives: “This is
As we pause to give thanks today for our fathers, those with us and those who have gone before us, let us take a moment
There are constant reports about how attendance at Mass continues to fall, and how this is mainly due to the disinterest of men. In one
Catholic priests are heroes to me. After the sacrifice and moral fiber of my own father in this earthly life, the spiritual fathers God has
Recently, I had the great honor to have an audience with His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke to discuss the state of Catholic men in the
It’s no secret that the Church is comprised of sinners. However, when we become discouraged in the Church, and are perhaps at risk of losing
At our parish, we have a beautiful practice that our priest instituted when he came five years ago. Each Sunday a family is asked to