Category: GUEST COLUMNIST

  • December 22, 2019

St. Joseph — in the face of mystery

At one point in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program each year I ask participants a...
  • December 22, 2019

Yes, there really is a Santa Claus

Santa Claus is real. More precisely commemorated as St. Nicholas (in Dutch, “Sinterklass,” later anglicized to “Santa”), the...
  • December 21, 2019

Movies: A Hidden Life

NEW YORK (CNS) — In 2007, Franz Jagerstatter (1907-1943), a devoutly Catholic Austrian farmer martyred by the Nazis...
  • December 20, 2019

Movies: Star Wars — The Rise of Skywalker

NEW YORK (CNS) — A long time ago, in a world that now seems far, far away —...
  • November 7, 2019

Should Biden have been given Communion? Maybe that is the wrong question

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden was denied holy Communion by a pastor of a...
  • November 6, 2019

State of the Campaign: Newman Centers

All three Newman Centers in the Diocese of Phoenix have outgrown their spaces. The "Together Let Us Go...
  • October 23, 2019

Brother of Dallas murder victim offers example of forgiveness for us all

When I was a young reporter just out of college working for the Niles Daily Times, I covered...
  • October 4, 2019

A model of courage and faith

How far would a person go to follow the truth? This is the story of Blessed John Henry...
  • September 26, 2019

Movies: Abominable

NEW YORK (CNS) — “Adorable” has a new synonym: “Abominable” (DreamWorks), a charming animated film which transforms the...
  • September 25, 2019

Bishop’s book on sexual abuse crisis more about scandal than healing

The title of Bishop Robert E. Barron’s “Letter to a Suffering Church” led me — as a survivor...