This is my confession: I have a mental illness When I was 17, I was diagnosed with Chronic Depression (yeah, we’re diving straight in) but I believe that if I’d had the guts to see my doctor earlier, it would’ve been diagnosed when I was 13, or maybe even earlier. I suffered from Insomnia throughout Read more
The Nativity scene is what comes to mind for many of us when we think about Christmas. There is the manger with Mary kneeling by the infant Jesus with Joseph by her side. Often there are shepherds and a few sheep as well as some angels hovering in the sky. When St. Francis of Assisi Read more
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said the work of the Church is not to reflect the opinions of its members. “The Church’s job is to reflect the point of view of her head and founder: Jesus Christ,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller said in Chile earlier this month. The cardinal Read more
A controversial sign that appeared outside a US Catholic church has been removed following complaints that it promoted same-sex marriage. St Columbia-Brigid Roman Catholic Church in Buffalo, New York, put up the sign earlier this month with the message, “Jesus had 2 dads and he turned out just fine”. Fr Roy Herberger, pastor of the Read more
A priest in France who smashed a statue of Jesus in his church has attributed his action to the stress and fatigue of his job. Fr Jean-Jacques Le Roy, 55, a priest in Plestin-les-Greves in Brittany, shouted out “one less” as he threw the statue to the ground last Thursday during a visit by a sacred art Read more
My wife, Nay, fled the Khmer Rouge 35 years ago when she was a little girl. Her father had already been killed by the murderous regime there, and her young mother managed to escape with two young children in tow through the Cambodian jungle. They cheated death with every step as they avoided landmines and Read more
Why do so many young people leave the church after confirmation, Pope Francis asked bishops from Portugal. “There is no doubt that Jesus exists; but where are we hiding him?” the pope said. What is required is “a personal and pastoral conversion of pastors and faithful so that everyone can say truthfully and joyfully: ‘The Read more
Some of the people who convert to Catholicism, come from other Christian traditions. Others are simply hi-jacked by God. I’m privileged to share a story of the latter kind, the experience of a young woman who had never had any interest in religion. Her passion was architecture, and she was in Rome with a camera, Read more
A Rio Grande Valley, Texas, truck driver, Ramiro Olivarez, got the sack for claiming Jesus was his co-driver. Every truck driver on any road in the United States is required by law to keep a logbook. Olivarez said nothing in the logbook is false. “Jesus is my co-driver, and I have no shame in that,” Read more