Q. I receive, on a daily basis, mailings from multiple religious organizations requesting monetary help. Often they include address labels, holy pictures, prayers cards, etc. I […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Unrequested religious mailings/ Duties of priest and deacon
Father Kenneth Doyle: Is St. George a saint? Frequency of anointing
Q. I attended Catholic schools for 12 years, and I view that experience as a prime factor in my success in life. In 1966 when I […]
Bishop Robert Barron: ‘Miracles from Heaven’ and the problem of suffering
As any apologist worth his or her salt will tell you, the great objection to the proposition that God exists is the fact of innocent suffering. […]
Bishop Robert Barron: Bill Nye is not the Philosophy Guy
Reliable sources have informed me that for the millennial generation Bill Nye is a figure of great importance, due to his widely-watched program from the 1990s […]
Faith in risen Christ renewed at every Eucharist
I didn’t receive any questions for this month’s column, so I offer you one of my Easter time homilies: Two weeks ago we rejoiced in the […]
Bishop Robert Barron: The Disturbing Fact of the Resurrection
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the be-all and the end-all of the Christian faith. If Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, all bishops, […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Extraordinary ministers/ Advance notice for wedding
Q. During Lent, more people than usual attend daily Mass in our parish. We have two assigned priests. For some reason, when the pastor celebrates Mass, […]
Should the feast of St. Joseph be moved out of Lent?
Q: Some people think that celebrating saints’ days during Lent draws our attention away from the Great Forty Days of preparation for Easter. Do you think […]