I woke up early on Saturday morning and drove more than two hours to Front Royal, Va., to attend a conference for Catholic women bloggers.Because I was alone, I didn’t have to pack juice boxes or Funyuns. I didn’t stop once for someone to use the bathroom. No one caredRead More
An image of Jesus is seen as Pope Francis greets a young woman during the World Youth Day welcoming ceremony in Blonia Park in Krakow, Poland, July 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)My wife and I recently finished watching a series on Netflix. As with any well-written show, I found myself engrossedRead More
This morning, here in Baltimore, we are spiritually united with millions of pilgrims who travelled to Rome for the canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata – who will always be known to us simply as “Mother Teresa.”Read More
Many years ago I read a story about a reporter who was interviewing Mother Teresa.He questioned how much time she and her sisters in the Missionaries of Charity spent in prayer and rest.You could be serving so many more people, he told her, if you spent less time praying andRead More
The pope reflected on the need for an integral ecology in Christian life in his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Sept. 1.Read More