Column: Social teaching is integral to jubilee year; learn how
In this Year of Mercy, what is the Holy Spirit prompting in you?
Column: Let’s rid our parishes of parochialism and resume the journey
"Parish" has become a synonym for small-minded, exclusive self-interest.
Column: Live out the Year of Mercy as an agent of God’s love
As a baptized Christian, we are charged with going out in the world to make Christ’s love visible, especially to one another.
Column: What’s the price of equality if it comes at the cost of conscience?
Recent remarks by the Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. raise concerns that our Catholic parishes and schools could lose their tax-exempt status if the court should rule that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.
Column: Honor the promise you made on Easter Sunday
by Bill Scholl Something of a minor miracle happened to me this Easter at Mass. While holding my toddler and keeping a father’s eye on my 6-year-old, I was actually able to pay attention to…
Three ways to protect your children, marriage, from pornography
This Lent, the archbishop wants every Catholic to be on guard — against pornography.
Column: You can’t keep God out of the public square
by Bill Scholl Let’s suppose all world governments denied the existence of atoms. Scientists are still allowed to believe, but everything is done to prevent them from applying atomic theory. Schools no longer teach about…
Column: Cleansing our culture’s sexual roundedness
by Bill Scholl Soon in Kansas, despite the majority who voted to ban same-sex “marriage,” a few judges may compel our great state to legally sanction same-sex unions. Such a ruling will be a gut check for…
Column: Church needs both wings in order to fly
There is a joke that’s no longer funny by Bill Scholl The joke goes that Catholic social teaching is the church’s best kept secret. Most Catholics have not heard of Catholic social teaching, which is…
Column: Loving as Christ loved leaves no excuse for opting out
by Bill Scholl Once, not so long ago, rich and poor worshiped together in the same parish. However, with the advent of automobiles and suburbs, our parishes have become economically segregated. Those who had more…