What’s wrong with celebrating sin in public?

by Simcha Fisher March 12, 2019

In the culture of the shout, the intimate heat of the crucible of suffering is replaced by the heat of the Klieg lights, which reveal without transforming.

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Faith, News

Pope Francis calls for stronger preparation for sacrament of marriage

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service October 24, 2018

This new catechumenate is necessary, Pope Francis said, because “you can’t play around with love.”

Faith, The Good Word

The homily about divorce and marriage that didn’t work

by Terrance Klein October 3, 2018

What do we say to those whose marriages failed? Do we say that something went wrong in God’s great gift to you?

Arts & Culture, Books

John Irving wrestles with religious themes new and old

by James T. Keane August 14, 2018

One of the leading novelists of our age on faith, fiction and his distrust of religious institutions.

Faith, Faith in Focus

For Catholics, marriage is a mission

by Valerie Schultz July 31, 2018

Like the apostles, we have been sent out two by two to proclaim the message of Jesus with our imperfect lives.

Faith, News

U.S. church officials favor balance of priests, laity in marriage prep

by Zita Fletcher - Catholic News Service July 24, 2018

Amid controversy caused by a Vatican official’s assertions that priests “have no credibility” in marriage preparation, representatives from dioceses across the United States maintain that both priests and laity have integral roles in the process.

Podcasts, Politics & Society

How can the church help women in abusive marriages?

by America This Week July 11, 2018

Our July 11 guest is Simcha Fisher, a speaker, freelance writer and author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning. She blogs daily at simchafisher.com and weekly at The Catholic Weekly. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and 10 kids. We discuss her recent article, “How the church can help (or hurt) women in abusive marriages.” […]