Why have we allowed a money-driven special interest group to convince the government that we should sacrifice both freedom of religion and freedom of conscience? The HSS mandate does this.Read More
“On the edge” (CR, Sept. 6) touts a color photograph of Rep. Paul Ryan holding a copy of his budget proposal and then proceeds in a paragraph to explain his rationale behind it while egregiously omitting any mention of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who “issued an unusually strong letter in April which stated...Read More
We went to Mass as a family again this morning.And even though there were several moments when the closing hymn seemed farther off than Christmas, we survived.We didn’t have to take either of our sons out to the narthex. And we didn’t have any close calls where we almost brokeRead More
You might think we’d go to a hot air balloon festival and come home talking about the hot air balloons. Our boys came home from the SARC Hot Air Balloon Festival raving about horses and fire engines. Still, if you’ve ever known preschool-aged boys, you can probably understand. It’s not that theRead More
I had the privilege of attending the African Eucharistic Congress last month in Bethesda, representing St. Bernardine Parish and the archdiocesan Office of African American Catholic Ministries. The first day marked the 18th Conference of African Clergy and Religious who live and minister in the United States, a day of unity and support.Read More
It was every parent’s worst nightmare. Their teenage daughter had attempted suicide, and now the doctors and specialists at the hospital were working hard to resuscitate the girl.Read More