As Cardinal Francis George once wrote, “When the common good is violated, violence grows. When the law protects the private killing of one group of human beings, eventually no human being is safe.” Those who recognize the sanctity of all human life,
‘I don’t think I would have lived much longer in the streets’: How faith saved Jim Wahlberg
Author and filmmaker Jim Wahlberg shares how he overcame life on the streets of Boston, including addiction to drugs and alcohol and multiple prison sentences. He says, “I was in and out of detention centers, foster homes, halfway houses, all by the
In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez looks at the inspiring and raw new album by pop singer Alanis Morissette, who sings about motherhood and familial love, but also healing from past abuse — something far too many
Our Sunday Visitor contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that in the late spring of 1945, as World War II was drawing toward a close, a novel called “Brideshead Revisited” made its appearance in Britain. Whatever else might be said of it —
Last year’s 90-minute documentary on Flannery O’Connor, simply titled “Flannery,” is a powerful, lively introduction to this unique American author from the deep South. Although she died of lupus at the tender age of 39 in 1964, she forged an impressive body
A poll released by the Cato Institute toward the end of July found that 62 percent of Americans have political views that they are afraid to share because others might find them offensive. That’s nearly two thirds of our population that is
A new documentary film that will be airing on some ABC affiliates around the country explores the life of Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk, a Native American who converted to Catholicism and helped to merge Lakota and Catholic culture in the
With many households sheltering in place, Catholics around the country are tuning into “The Chosen” television series, which offers an innovative look at the life of Jesus Christ. The series, currently available via the VidAngel streaming app, has already set a record
Humans are wired to seek the truth. God created us that way. It helps us in finding God who is Truth itself. While science and math give us measurable facts, the place where we reach real, intangible truth is usually in our
The culture has gone haywire when it comes to sex and sexuality, in the process utterly discarding not only customs valued for millennia, but the once, and not that long ago, moral traditions of Western religion. While sexual abuse has been public