David Mills writes from Pennsylvania.
Columnist David Mills explores the confluence of science and religion: “The people at the intellectual heights of our culture believe that religious faith is personal and irrational and has absolutely no place in public life. The public truths, the beliefs on which
With the Church still celebrating the Christmas season, columnist David Mills looks back on a request in the 1930s by the Communist Party’s Daily Worker to obtain a Christmas message from Dorothy Day and her Catholic Worker newspaper that would “contribute toward
In his latest essay, Our Sunday Visitor columnist David Mills looks at the wisdom of 20th-century psychiatrist Karl Stern, a German Jew who fled the Nazis and converted to Catholicism. Much of Stern’s work was centered around “negative religion” — the concept
Columnist David Mills looks at what many think of the Church in theory versus the Church’s reality: “The friend, like many friends in the Protestant world I left two decades ago, felt strongly attracted to the Church and its distinctive doctrines, but
Writer David Mills looks at the reactions following last month’s midterm elections, where Republicans didn’t fare as well as they had expected, just as Democrats didn’t fare as well as they expected in 2016. There is a tendency — wrongly, Mills writes
Writer David Mills explores the link between recognizing the advantages in life one has been given and seeing the struggles of others with an eye toward compassion: “As you get older — if you’re paying attention to other people’s lives, and many
Ahead of Election Day, Our Sunday Visitor columnist David Mills looks at what the Church does and doesn’t demand from Catholics regarding our political thinking: “Catholicism … doesn’t claim that bits of Scripture or doctrinal teachings require specific public policies. The Catholic
As we approach All Souls’ Day, Our Sunday Visitor columnist David Mills offers readers a way to carry on the legacy — and help us remember — of loved ones who have passed away. Mills writes: “In some way, the person you
David Mills takes a look at the toxicity of social media — particularly from Catholic:: “It’s the judgmentalism that’s so startling. Starting a new job a few months ago — a job I love but one that requires long, intense days —
Columnist David Mills looks at the need for the faithful to cultivate a sense of gratitude for the things they have — not only as a way to take stock of their blessings, but so that they can be more attentive to