I recoil when I read autobiographical explanations of someone else’s work. But not in these cases.
Family Life
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
The Passions of Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan
The Gaffigans have produced comedy specials, best-selling books and five children. They even survived a brain tumor. What have you done lately?
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope to attend World Meeting of Families in Dublin
Pope Francis will attend the ninth World Meeting of Families on August 25 and 26, making him the second pontiff to visit Ireland.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Why the Catholic Church can (and does) change
Review of Ross Douthat’s latest book, “To Change the Church.”
While the church always strives to honor what Jesus said about divorce and remarriage, it has made pastoral accommodations since its earliest days.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
My autistic sons aren’t a version of the cross. They’re an invitation to love and serve.
My sons with autism are a burden and even a cross. They are not unwanted.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What my 5-year-old taught me about prayer during Lent
Naming God in all things.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal Cupich: Pope Francis’ family teaching is a paradigm shift in the church
Pope Francis has encouraged church leaders to accept “a healthy dose of self-criticism.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
U.S. bishops condemn Trump’s proposal to end ‘chain migration,’ say it threatens families
“Families aren’t chains. They are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, grandfathers and brothers and sisters.”
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Renewing our understanding of marriage—a sacrament in peril
When is a sacramental marriage truly consummated?
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
‘Amoris Laetitia,’ migrants and sex abuse on the agenda for World Meeting of Families in Dublin
Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced today that Pope Francis plans to attend the ninth World Meeting of Families, from Aug. 21 to 26,