However long they remain, two minutes or two hours, the decision to step off the street and into Holy Cross makes them pilgrims of another order. For those few moments, at least, their journey is definitively toward God.Read More

Future priests visited ministries in inner-city Baltimore as part of a July 31 pilgrimage.Read More

Sunset from our home on Singer Island on August 5 (Photo by Patti Murphy Dohn)-----"Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds inRead More

Catholics who have divorced and are civilly remarried "are not, in fact, excommunicated," Pope Francis said.Read More

How much of the Vatican’s overflowing budget and assets go to help the poor?Read More

The U.S. ambassador to the Holy See believes the pope is traveling to the U.S. to challenge the country’s people to live up to ideals.Read More

There’s a Nature Valley granola bar video circulating where an interviewer asks three generations of four families what they did (or do) for fun as a kid.  The grandparents discuss berry picking and escaping from near-bear attacks. The parents also describe creative outdoor play. The kids’ responses are alarming. “Fun”Read More

One month and two days ago I stumbled down the flight of stairs that separate the living quarters from the sleeping quarters in my home.  The boys and I had just woken up.“How about waffles for breakfast?” I asked.“Sure,” said Collin.  “Can we make a fort?”“Sure,” I said.As I wasRead More