Advice to fathersMichael Pakaluk
I thought for this week following Father's Day I would try to remember and collect the best advice I know about fatherhood. Here it is: First, and above all, pray for each child each day. If possible, ...
The higher you go liturgically, the lower you should go in service of the poorBishop Robert Barron
This past week was one of the most liturgically rich of my priesthood. As part of the National Eucharistic Revival, the Marian pilgrimage was making its way through my diocese en route ultimately to Indianapolis. ...
The Easter Season is the fleshly seasonMichael Pakaluk
Easter is a celebration of the centrality of the body in the Christian faith, because it is a celebration of the resurrection of the Lord, and, as Christians, we confess the resurrection of the body, ...
Ripley and RupnikEffie Caldarola
If you're looking for a creepy, unsettling thriller to stream, "Ripley" fills the bill. Based on Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel, "The Talented Mr. Ripley," the edgy film starring Andrew Scott ...
The three countercultural promises of a priestBishop Robert Barron
In just a few weeks, I will ordain three men to the priesthood for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester. Ordaining priests is the greatest privilege that I have as a bishop. Period. When, at the high point ...
No line-drawingMichael Pakaluk
A good way to grasp the central idea of "Infinite Dignity," the recent Declaration of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, is to set down this rule: if we are engaged in any project of line-drawing ...
Physician-assisted suicide is a slippery slopeCardinal Seán P. O’Malley
It has been said that at the heart of the physician-assisted suicide debate is the moral-medical distinction between curing and caring for patients. The United States has an unmatched capacity for curing ...
He saw the cloths and believedBishop Robert Barron
The Gospel for Easter Sunday is from St. John's account of Easter morning (John 20:1-9). We are told that Mary Magdalene arrives at the tomb very early in the morning while it is still dark. She has ...
God's instrument for viewing the crucifixionMichael Pakaluk
The crucifixion is so horrible that we naturally recoil from it. Without some special reason to view it, we flee from it, just as the Apostles did at the event itself (except for John). Protest as much ...
QuinquagesimaMichael Pakaluk
The word I have chosen for the title of this essay means "fiftieth" in Latin. Before Vatican II, among Catholics, the term referred to the Sunday before Lent, which is exactly 50 days before Easter. This ...
