What if we use this Advent season to begin to practice what a life ...

Dear Father Joe: My friends who are not Catholic say we should only...

My sister spends too much on Christmas gifts for my kids – way more...

Feast Day: Dec. 13 The moral virtue of courage, or fortitude, enab...

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave us a roadmap for being his f...

As we now move into the “Third Pillar” of the Catechism, we will le...

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever. (Psalm 30:13) We...

Dear Father Joe: I hear there is a new Anglican rite, along with ma...

Dear Fr. Joe: I hear talk that we are supposed to evangelize, but I...

Feast day: October 1 In an instant, everything can change; a life ...

The appearance of an art house film on the philosopher Hannah Arend...

Dear Fr. Joe: I am worried my children will not have a funeral Mass...

Feast Day: September 9 St. Kieran (or Ciaran), unlike most of the ...

  Jesus Christ has made it possible for us to share in the di...

Time Magazine’s recent cover story “The Childfree Life” has generat...

As I travel around this country speaking in so many parishes and di...

In “new” atheist and secularist circles today, faith is regularly r...

The story of God and humanity is a story of God’s invitation for us...

In our society today, we are inundated with so many material things and desires.

There were a number of reasons why I liked “World War Z,” the film ...

Dear Fr. Joe: How do you really know what your vocation is – is it ...

I didn’t really care for the latest cinematic iteration of the Supe...

Feast Day: August 8 In 1208, Pope Innocent III began a seven year ...

Some years ago, The New Yorker ran a cartoon that perfectly lampoon...

Feast Day: June 15 St. Germaine Cousin (1579-1601) is the patron f...