Deacon Greg Kandra offers some guideposts in dealing with the news in 2020. In this age of the 24-hour news cycle, we are buried under an avalanche of information. Kandra offers some tips that can lend some stability to an unstable world.
This week’s editorial discusses the values that once, not all that long ago, were commonly espoused by society now are shunned as antiquated and bigoted. What are Catholics to do, then, when faced with a culture that is so divorced from the
Jeremy McLellan does not shy away from controversy. As a standup comedian, he admits that he likes to “cause trouble.” In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, McLellan discussed his conversion to Catholicism, his brand of “clean but edgy” comedy, how Catholicism
The culture has been hard on children and increasingly so since contraception began preventing their existence, abortion began ending their lives and false notions of overpopulation and limited resources began treating them as hostile intruders. Although we cannot single-handedly change the culture,
Finding the humor in the ‘absurdity of suburban life’ from a Catholic perspective
As politicians around the world scrutinize how Facebook, Google and Amazon mine user data for commercial purposes, Catholic leaders are studying ways to spread the Gospel through digital media.
Just a few weekends ago, we celebrated Trinity Sunday. And while the Trinity is so mind-blowing that even some of the greatest theologians in Church history had, and still have, a hard time explaining and understanding it, we can, at the very
Eight years ago, "Game of Thrones" began on HBO and the worlds of water-cooler conversations, fire-breathing dragons and social media haven't been the same since. To say it's been a wild ride is the least of it.
The teachings of the Church on homosexuality are beautiful, freeing and filled with the message of truth, authentic love and hope. At the same time, it’s hard to read and learn these teachings in the dark or while in a very dimly
Catholics debate the line between art and explicit content, asking when does entertainment cross into pornography?