Q. I have noticed that more often than not, the Confiteor (“I confess”) is skipped at Mass, and the priest or deacon goes right into the […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Skipping the Confiteor/ Priests and family counseling
Father Kenneth Doyle: Purgatory and the good thief/ Weddings during Lent
Q. As I understand purgatory, it is a place where a cleansing is done, even if we have received the sacrament of anointing of the sick […]
How Strange is the Cross
Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion is one of the most stimulating and thought-provoking books of theology that I have read in the past ten years.
Father Kenneth Doyle: Names at holy Communion/ Conversion of Islam
How is it that some people who give out Communion say your name before they say “the body of Christ,” but not everyone gets called by name?
Should the Eucharist be part of our Fourth of July celebration?
Some years ago you wrote about the desirability of making the Eucharist part of our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. I think the same is true for Independence Day, July 4.
Thomas Aquinas and the Art of Making a Public Argument
There is, in many quarters, increasing concern about the hyper-charged political correctness that has gripped our campuses and other forums of public conversation. Even great works […]
Father Kenneth Doyle: Moral principles and hospice/ Weddings and mortal sin
Q. Please tell me how Catholics justify hospice care, especially withholding food and water from the patient. Doesn’t this starve the patient to death? And doesn’t […]
4 Lessons on Divine Mercy from the Woman at the Well
I had the enormous privilege last week of addressing English-speaking priests from around the world who had gathered in Rome for a special Jubilee celebration of […]