The elections are over, and now the hard work begins! Voting with an informed conscience is an important first step in exercising Catholic political responsibility. However, the more demanding task before us is to continually insist that elected officials make it their priority to protect the lives, and promote the dignity of the poor and […]
The Catholic Church has a big secret. It is so powerful, challenging, and relevant, that if every bishop, priest, religious and layperson was committed to communicating and implementing this secret, it would turn society upside-down and transform the world. However, revealing its contents, and urging the full application of its message, would surely cause great […]
(Pope Francis has invited the worldwide Church to journey together in a synod to think about how the future Church needs to serve its people. This is the second of three articles taking a look at our own diocesan synod document, how it relates to documents around the country and around the world, and where […]
If you follow my thoughts regularly, you will have noticed that I rarely mention the names of partisan political figures. I do not and will not tell anyone for whom to vote. What makes me an expert? I have enough of a job to decide my own vote. I believe that people are smart enough […]
