"Help! My children aren't Catholic anymore"...
Fr. Dwight Longenecker
I’m in Indianapolis Indiana leading a parish mission this week, and in the meet and greet session afterwards, the most common conversation I have is with middle aged women who say, “Father, what can I do, my children have stopped practicing the faith!

15 wonderful hilltop towns and villages around the world...

A magnificent design points to a magnificent Designer (or, why you can't outrun a cheetah)

An interesting discussion about God with a reasonable unbeliever...
Mark Shea
The notion that the existence of God provides nothing but unalloyed consolation and does not also give reason to have deep fear entirely overlooks the doctrine of judgment in this life and of hell in the next. So the notion of divine intervention purely as a function of wish fulfillment fantasy is massively unreflective, I think.

The Holy Spirit is the Church's towering lighthouse...
Anthony Lilles
In the remarkable visions of Saint Hildegard of Bingen ecclesial and sacramental truths are proposed through a vast array of rich images to draw us into new horizons of mystical wisdom. In her vision of the Sacrament of Confirmation, she describes the Holy Spirit as a kind of brilliant lighthouse towering behind the Church.

Actually, O’Malley is just being O’Malley. Again. Thank goodness.
Edward Peters
Michael Coren has a pretty good article over at Catholic World Report on Boston Cdl. Sean O’Malley’s decision not to attend Boston College’s commencement in protest against its invitation to Irish Prime Minister Edna Kelly (another politician who’s Catholic when it’s convenient but pro-abortion when it counts) to deliver the main address.

Homily at Mass for the 2013 Feast of Pentecost...
Pope Francis
Today we contemplate and re-live in the liturgy the outpouring of the Holy Spirit sent by the risen Christ upon his Church; an event of grace which filled the Upper Room in Jerusalem and then spread throughout the world. But what happened on that day, so distant from us and yet so close as to touch the very depths of our hearts?

The Holy Spirit's gift of Knowledge glorifies God above all...

Age-old Liturgy of the Hours makes a resurgence with the faithful...

"I have come to cast a fire on the Earth"...

Why Seán Cardinal O'Malley is boycotting Boston College...
Anne Hendershott
At Boston College's commencement ceremony on Monday, Cardinal Sean O'Malley won't be in attendance. The leader of the Boston archdiocese announced on May 10 that he would not deliver his traditional graduation benediction at the Catholic school because the college had invited Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny—a supporter of abortion rights in Ireland—to deliver the graduation address...

Simplify your life (and amaze your friends) with these 10 everyday tasks that you can do in 10 seconds or less...

The IRS revelations are shocking, but don't get cynical. You’ve got to stay shocked. It’s disrespectful not to...
Peggy Noonan
So many people are sad about America and cynical about its government. They don’t expect anything good to happen. They think certain poisons have entered the system and nothing can be done about it. Leviathan will not be cut back or tamed, Leviathan will go on abusing the citizen.

There are Kermit Gosnells everywhere and they can be brought to justice...

If we ignore the problem of cloning, we will sink into a more violent depravity...

Pope Francis: "The problem is not that we are sinners. The problem is that we are not ashamed for what we have done"...

Commander Chris Hadfield returned to Earth on Monday. Here's his final must-see video from the International Space Station...