Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

“Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety.” Lk: 2:48 What parent can’t identify with this story? ...

Christmas – 2015

“… the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, ...

Looking Back at 2015: The Church

A fine analysis of the highlights of 2015 in the Catholic Church http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/looking-back-2015-church

Inventing a Christian America: The Myth of the Religious Founding

Book review featured in the National Catholic Reporter. http://ncronline.org/books/2015/12/origin-myth-christian-america  

The quiet impact of Obama’s Christian faith

From the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/12/22/obama-faith/

Francis exhorts Vatican prelates to be more mature, recognize ‘smallness’ of work

An article posted in the National Catholic Reporter http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-exhorts-vatican-prelates-be-more-mature-recognize-smallness-work