Years ago, my wife had the opportunity to interview Jim Brady, the onetime press secretary for President Reagan. Brady's work for the 40th president came to abrupt end March 30, 1981, when Brady was ...

Jesus has taught about the Eucharist in the Sunday Gospels of roughly the last month. From his “sign” of multiplying the loaves and fishes through his Eucharistic Discourse taken from John 6, Jesus ...

Early in seminary, I had a startling realization: I hadn’t cried in years. While this isn’t particularly unusual — sadly, it’s all too normative — it struck me as a serious deficiency for an aspiring ...

The Bible's shortest verse – "Jesus wept" – is also one of its most important. That was the message delivered by the Rev. Chad Scruggs in a March 5 sermon – "Death's Conqueror" – as the faithful at ...

I’ve been thinking about these words a lot lately. If Jesus is an all-knowing and all-powerful God, then what could possibly cause him to cry? Doesn’t it seem like he could just make himself feel ...

I am a lifelong Catholic, mother and grandmother. I write to you today after reading the Register article online March 31 regarding the turmoil in the abuse-prevention commission. Earlier today, I ...

Jesus' message and ministry were about reconciliation. After his baptism in the Jordan, when the heavens were again opened and reconciled with earth, Jesus went north to Galilee. There he assembled a ...

In Jesus Wept, investigative journalist Philip Shenon examines the last seven popes, and how efforts to reform the Church with the Second Vatican Council led to power struggles and doctrinal debates ...