Guest Columnist
The lamentable decision to suspend Sheen’s cause
My social-media accounts lit up two nights ago with the shocking news that the cause for the canonization of Venerable... Read more
The Korean Martyrs, the Victory of Christ
On Aug. 17 Pope Francis stood at an altar in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, the palace of a dynasty that... Read more
St. Maximilian Kolbe and living in the present tense
On August 14th the Catholic Church celebrates the life of a man who died wearing the notorious stripes of Auschwitz.... Read more
New edition of Luis Lucia’s Psalter of my Hours casts light on Father Marcial Maciel’s appropriated version
The new edition by Vicent Comes Iglesia in the Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos of Luis Lucia Lucia’s Salterio de mis... Read more
War on intimacy
The changes that have taken place in the 20th century are mind boggling. The elderly among us were born in... Read more
Be a saint, change the world
“Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately it is very unfashionable to talk with them.” Mother... Read more
The glorious cross of Edith Stein
When Edith Stein entered the order of Discalced Carmelite nuns in 1933, she assumed the name of Teresa Blessed by... Read more
Iraq’s Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako: a Voice in the Desert
"It is time to take a principled stand: the situation calls for concrete action, a gesture of solidarity in the... Read more
A Saint for everybody
Recently, a dear friend of mine asked me for advice. Her father had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer and,... Read more
Immigrant children: refugees from failed states
Bishop Anthony Taylor, ordinary of the Diocese of Little Rock, released a statement concerning the young immigrants who have arrived... Read more
Christians Under Fire in the Middle East
If there is hell on earth, it is found these days in the Middle East where aggression and violence are... Read more
The Church's take on immigration
The immigration debate rarely lays dormant in the United States, but the arrival of some 52,000 migrant children from Latin... Read more
Finding God in Franco’s Prison: A new edition of Luis Lucia’s Psalter of my Hours
The civil war in Spain, 1936-9, confronted the Catholic world with a dilemma. To support Franco, pro-Catholic and anti-Communist, was,... Read more
Witnessing in Jerusalem: A loving tribute to Sister Anastas Sarsar
May 2014 was a bittersweet month in Jerusalem. Anastasia, one of my three sisters, passed away unexpectedly on the 8th,... Read more
Cardinal Kasper, Continued
The effort by Cardinal Walter Kasper to change the Church’s discipline regarding the inadmissibility of divorced and remarried Catholics to... Read more
Oh, to be a saint!
“I’m not a saint!” is perhaps one of my most frequent utterances, along with more forceful expressions such as “No!”,... Read more
Mother Monica, Saint of all Nags
As mothers, sainthood is often promised to us by people who don’t know the half of it. Do they know... Read more
'You Are Littler' – My encounters with a Saint
Pope John Paul II affected millions of people during his papacy. He connected with youth in the most amazing manner... Read more
John Paul, a Saint for women
Pope John Paul II’s legacy is momentous. To most of us growing up in the late twentieth century, Pope John... Read more
Easter every day!
Many Christians, myself included, become upset at the widespread reluctance to say “Merry Christmas.” However, our outrage over a lack... Read more
