T here was a series of letters in the Plain Dealer the other day concerning a parish in the Diocese of Cleveland that began meeting on their...

I t is my day away and Fr. Pfeiffer is on vacation but it is terrible outside and so I’m not going anywhere and it appears nobody is coming ...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ P art of the fun of being Catholic is knowing the difference between an indelicacy and an indecen...

I f you came to one of the Masses at which I preached this weekend you would have heard this story already. My apologies. 10 minutes later ...

S o . . . . . . novenas. So terribly misunderstood and often maligned Catholic practice. At its core a novena is a prayer said over nine day...

R ust belt Catholics: the news is not all bad. Our experience is not the experience of the world or even all of the United States. I have be...

E very time the Church appears in the paper it requires faithful members of the Church to hold their collective breath. Is this false, mostl...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ A fter the murder Danny – the opposite of the criminal genius – drove around in the dead man’s va...

S ebastian is barking like there’s a boogey man in the house. I roll over and see my clock: 3:30AM. Sheesh. “Maybe he’ll stop and the proble...

D evotions are notoriously misunderstood, especially those that come with promises. “Do this and your prayers will be answered.” Or “Do this...

T he story of Saint Sebastian (patron of my parish and whose feast day it is) is a great story. You can read more about it here if you wish ...

T here was much speculation over a question asked early on in the life of the Church concerning how one could know the true Church when one ...

FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND : “ O ne had to be patient to thrive in Rome, where time is measured not in centuries but in millenni...

T he following story is true. Only initials were used to protect clerics of minor age. About a month ago one of our beloved bishops came St...