“The Walking Dead” ends its 12-year, 11-season, 177-episode run on AMC this month.

Bishops, you carry great burdens. But you need not carry them alone.

A Reflection for Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.

How is a song used in 100 holiday ads somehow connected to Ukraine? It turns out every carol that we sing at Christmas has a story behind it, some inspiring, some strange.

Every movie is like a pilgrimage. It invites us into a journey with the promise of some holy destination, and a good one calls us to an appreciation of community.

When you talk to Catholics about the church today, especially younger Catholics, a frequent complaint is that the church is not a welcoming place. How are we responding?

Anticipation changes the way we look upon the world. It diminishes our sense of burden and heightens our sense of what is possible. Rather than feeling foolish for having bought a lottery ticket, I feel like I came close to greatness.

It is inspiring to see how the people are allowing the challenges of their community to function as inspiration rather than reason for complaint.

Life in a multicultural parish is like a marriage: It can only work if people are listening to each other.

A Reflection for Monday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time, by Jim McDermott, S.J.