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Where Are You Going Catholic Church?

I encourage you to listen to my church history podcast Triumphs and Tragedies. I'm not a historian by any stretch, and I'm afraid the podcast is more than rough around the edges. It was simply my attempt to give a quick roller coaster ride through twenty centuries of church history so that we can make better sense

What Makes You A Catholic?

So, while I was walking down the aisle of a local supermarket recently, a very nice gentleman passing by asked me, out of the clear blue, “How are the Steelers going to do this year?” …

25 Things Only People Who Went To Catholic School Can Relate To

Can a Catholic receive communion in a Protestant church?

You are at the wedding of a beloved family member or friend, which is taking place at a Lutheran church. You gladly accepted the invitation to celebrate this happy day with the bride and groom. But then there is a call to come to the table of the Lord’s Supper, to receive communion. This is the awkward moment you knew was coming. Can you, and should you, a practicing Catholic, accept the invitation?

Why are Catholics so good at creating co-ops?

Business, too, is a kind of formation, for better or worse.

Why Catholic bishops are terrified of investigations

How do Catholics have sex?

10 Reasons Why Catholics Don’t Evangelize

Preach the gospel at all times. The use of words is necessary.

What FiveThirtyEight gets wrong about Catholic hospitals

For a website with a quantitative bent, FiveThirtyEight is surprisingly willing in this case to use statistics to obscure the truth.

Panel addresses healing after strife and how Catholics can move forward

A Catholic panel analyzing a path forward during moments of strife or of social sin said the only way to move ahead as a society toward healing is to recognize the damage done to a person or communities, to lay the truth out for everyone to see.

Why Catholics should practice almsgiving this Lent (and every Lent)

Perhaps Catholics in the United States might redouble their efforts to give alms this Lent and to reflect in greater depth on the spiritual benefits the practice can bring.

How Catholics can work for racial justice

A healing beatitude Blessed are you who are willing to engage in a sincere conversation about race. Blessed are you who embrace your Black sisters and brothers in the fight for social justice.

Why Do Catholic Priests Wear Those Fancy Vestments?

The thing we find strange about today's gospel of the wedding feast is the fellow who did not have a wedding garment.<br>What was the wedding garment that the king deemed so important? First we have to put ourselves back in Jesus' time. Clothes were expensive and poor people probably had only two sets of clothes.

How Do You Get Your Catholic Mom to Accept Your Job ... As a Dominatrix?

This single mom and former special ed teacher decided to make an unconventional career change. And that’s meant navigating conflicting belief systems with her own mother.

How N.J.-published Bible book will give birth to a new Catholic church

The genius of this work is that it mines the Bible for insights into contemporary church issues.

What hip-hop can teach us about our Catholic Faith

A theology professor reflects on the spirituality of hip-hop.

Why the Catholic Church needs a Eucharistic response to the sex abuse scandals

Does the Church, as the Body of Christ, offer a response to the sex abuse scandals?

Why We Stay: Owning Faith, Making Change, Being Out and Proud

Three LGBTQ people offer diverse reasons of why they stay in the Catholic Church.