Father Robert Schoenstene, S.S.L., is Assistant Professor, Departme...

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Feast Day: January 27 Angela Merici was born in Desenzano on Marc...

Greetings! In this special edition of my column, I’m going to try t...

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Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...

Q: The American church is sometimes said to see its own issues as u...

A: You know,  I get this question a lot and have spent a good ...

Feast Day: November 17 Elizabeth was born in 1207, and was the da...

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Feast Day: Oct. 11 Patron Saint of: exiles and sick people Sophi...

Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...

A: It’s wild, but as much as we throw around the phrase “practicing...

There’s a movie coming out about someone called “Pope Joan.” My tea...

Feast Day: Sept. 18 Patron Saint of: aviation, astronauts, people w...

"On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go ac...

In the last issue, we looked at free will and how God’s knowing eve...

Cardinal Justin Rigali is the archbishop of Philadelphia. He serves...

This month, I want to take another look at the issue of faith in Ch...

Feast Day: June 5 Patron saint: of Germany and the Netherlands, br...

Q. As the number of clergy decrease, how do you see the role of the...

A. This is one of the hardest questions I’ve had to work on – what ...

Do we really know who we are in Christ?  Do we really understa...

As we discussed last month, we are all in the process of becoming p...