A brotherhood of beads
Here are some iconic male tandems that many will recognize for their friendship, success and mutual life goals.
Letting Jesus take the wheel
Daniel Tracy is a seminarian for the Diocese of [...]
Christ Our Hope: In Every Season of Life
During the month of October each year, the Catholic Church in the United States celebrates Respect Life month. During this month especially, we are called to spend time reflecting on the dignity of every human life.
Contradictory suicide messaging
In July 2014, police found the body of 18-year-old Conrad Roy inside his truck in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Gender transition: Nobody gets hurt?
A few years back, I gave a talk entitled “Thinking Through the Transgender Question” at a local parish.
Abortion brings grief, suffering
Recently a new movie titled Unplanned was released in theaters. It is a story about Abby Johnson, former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas, who one day saw the ultrasound image of a baby during a vacuum aspiration procedure.
A letter from Fr. Adam Laski
Fr. Adam Laski is currently studying Canon Law in [...]
‘Exceptions’ and undermining the moral law
Whenever we make small exceptions to universal moral rules, we shouldn’t be surprised that the rules themselves can be quickly undermined.
Msgr. Meulemans a model of mentorship
Nemo dat quod non habet. This Latin phrase has shown up several times in the last six months. The first time occurred in a talk at our annual seminary retreat in August. I then saw it in Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s book “Priests of the Third Millennium” this fall.
The runaway train of IVF
In November, a Chinese scientist named He Jankui (known to his associates as “JK”) claimed he had successfully produced the world’s first gene-edited human babies using “gene surgery.” The twin girls, he said, were born somewhere in China with a modified gene that makes them immune to infection from HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.