Feast Day: April 4 St. Isidore of Seville (560-636) is the Doctor ...

Speaking to more than 9,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis focused on the family.

In this season of Lent, we experience the great graces of Holy Thur...

The Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, held in October 2...

Dear Fr. Joe: I’m appalled by some of the clothing I see at church ...

The Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family in October 2014 an...

Pope Francis called for reconciliation in Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a conflict that lasted for 37 years.

Feast Day: March 9 Every Christian is called to holiness. By livin...

Pope Francis visited Turkey in late November to meet with political...

The Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, held in October 2...

Dear Father Joe: So many good people I know have suffered horribly ...

Feast Day: January 3 PUSH is an acronym for “Pray Until Something ...

I don’t ‘get much’ out of Mass.” “I really wonder why I go.” “I go ...

January 26, 2014 ...

The call to forgiveness, to reconciliation, to peace. This is the m...

December 29, 2014 O Lord, thank you for the gift of this day. Hel...

The “tenth word” of the Decalogue brings a close to the Ten Command...

Pope Francis gives a blessing during a special audience with Paraly...

Dear Fr. Joe: I keep reading conflicting things about the synod – s...

Feast Day: December 21 St. Peter Canisius (1521–1597) was a Jesuit...

The “eighth word” of the Decalogue continues to reveal to us how Go...

Feast Day: November 15 There are times in life when we feel what c...

Dear Fr. Joe: My parish expects parents to jump through a lot of ‘h...

November 24, 2014 I don’t know who first uttered these words but t...

Bearing false witness? Well, that doesn’t apply to me. I have never...