The Joy of Love
As you may know, the incidence of marriage has been declining rapidly. “The marriage rate is at its lowest point in more than a century,” reported USA Today in 2013, ...
Suicide and Loss of Faith
More people, it seems, want to kill themselves. While other causes of death in the U.S. are on the decline, the suicide rate has risen by a quarter, to 13 ...
Seizing an Illusive Prize
For just a few minutes, I ask you to suspend any disbelief you may have about Jesus’ resurrection and the gospel accounts about it because I want to write about ...
Unknown and Unsung Saints
Growing up Catholic, I used to read about the saints. That may sound quaint, and perhaps boring. But it wasn’t their piety that attracted me. It was the fact that ...
Making a Murderer
Several weeks ago, I finished watching the documentary series, “Making a Murderer,” on Netflix. Filmed over a 10-year period, it’s an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, who was exonerated ...
Sounds of Silence
In a recent issue, Matt Malone, editor of America Magazine, passed along a joke about his religious order, the Jesuits, who have a reputation for being highly educated, sophisticated and ...