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Our family is in the habit of going to confession together. Each of us confesses individually, of course, but we know we are in it together. I’ve never told anyone this before, but going to [...]

In my last post, I reflected on Pope Francis’s exhortation to seek freedom of heart and to reject the false freedom of following wherever our emotions lead us. I presented the story of Carol [...]

The Pope’s recent addresses to other countries can be a helpful guide as we look forward to the Holy Father’s visit. America has been experiencing a kind of social transformation around the [...]

I attribute Pope Francis’s popularity to his authentic, credible, and persistent witness of Jesus’s life and ministry to the world. Loyola Press’s publication “Walking with Jesus: A Way Forward [...]

The Archdiocese of Washington, in cooperation with Catholic Charities, launched its #WalkwithFrancis pledge campaign yesterday, as a way of helping local Catholics prepare for Pope Francis’s [...]

During his meeting with young people in Paraguay on July 12, Pope Francis invited those present to join him in praying: “Lord Jesus, give me a heart that is free, that I may not be a slave to all [...]

“Keeping the Faith,” a show about The Catholic University of America produced by Salt + Light TV, aired for the first time on July 22 as part of  the Canadian television [...]

The Holy Father met this week with mayors from over 60 of the world’s cities to discuss “climate change and human trafficking.” That might seem like an odd combination, but understanding why Pope [...]

More than 300 representatives of Catholic social service organizations and parishes from across the country came out in force at Catholic University this month to answer Pope Francis’s urgent [...]

With the posting of my first blog, I think it might be useful for readers to understand a little bit about my background. I have been on the faculty of the National Catholic School of Social [...]