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July 6, 2015

Oklahoma archbishop says ruling on Ten Commandments statue ‘concerning’

By ordering the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the state Capitol grounds, the Oklahoma Supreme Court is ignoring the historical significance of the moral code "in the formation of our state," said Archbishop Paul S. Coakley.
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July 6, 2015

O say can you see a perfect picnic spot in Baltimore

My favorite picnic spot is probably our backyard. No planning needed, and our boys can simply carry plates of food to a beach towel on the grass.When we feel more adventurous, we pack dinner and head to a local park with a playground.But when we have out-of-town cousins visiting—and sometimes even when
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July 5, 2015

Fireworks and fireflies and creating summer memories

Yesterday afternoon we invited my parents and my sister and her four children to come for dinner. The children played until it was getting dark, and then we invited them to stay for fireworks.I tried not to overpromise. We don’t set off our own fireworks. We also don’t travel anywhere
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July 5, 2015

Defining moment: Glossary of terminology used in Laudato Si’

In his encyclical on ecology, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis coined several new terms.
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July 4, 2015

O beautiful for tourists’ feet: getting lost, seeing a presidential motorcade, gawking at food prices, and taking in history on a trip to Washington, D.C.

We live so close to Washington, D.C., that it’s a little embarrassing that we’ve never really taken our children there. So, when my father, sister, and her four children decided to make a day trip to D.C. on Thursday, our boys and I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to tag along.Independence
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July 4, 2015

Military, faith form Texas Catholic’s sense of duty to country, church

Master Sgt. Pablo H. Villescas was serving with the Army Reserve in Afghanistan when that country held its first free, direct elections.
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July 4, 2015

St. Clare parishioners see responsibility in religious freedom

For some parishioners at St. Clare in Essex, the “freedom to bear witness” is not just a warm, fuzzy concept, but a call to action.
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July 3, 2015

Helping environment, poverty requires change of heart, cardinal says

A Vatican official told a U.N. gathering the pope is calling on all societies to examine how they produce and consume goods.
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July 2, 2015

Among summer’s simple pleasures: Watching the full moon rise over the beach

The pace of life gets slower and sweeter each year during the summer season. People seem to smile more, children's laughter is in the air, and the pace of life seems easier to handle.My favorite part of summer has always been the simple pleasures...Fresh fruit and vegetables, beautiful flowers in
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July 2, 2015

Murdered mom of nine called ‘beautiful person’ who ‘radiated kindness’

Catholics and other members of the Asbury Park community remain shaken by the murder of a Catholic mother of nine who was a popular religious educator and a revered parish leader. More than two weeks after her death they are still trying to make sense of the tragedy and the violence that took the life...
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July 2, 2015

Collection of Hollywood faith tales fails to separate hooey from holy

Kendall doesn't bother to extricate the hooey from the holy as she cobbles narratives from biographies, clips from newspaper obituaries and the occasional blog post from IMDb, a popular Internet source for movie, TV and celebrity news and information.
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July 2, 2015

Movie Review: ‘Terminator: Genisys’

Any movie plot that hangs on the ability of an adult character to journey into the past to give vital advice to himself as a child is bound to register as somewhat convoluted.
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