We are in the midst of a global challenge unlike any other in recent times. COVID-19, more popularly known as coronavirus, has shut down travel, borders, sch...

For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, across the world, a Sunday is being dedicated as the Sunday of the Word of God. Not that the Word o...

Family is God's greatest gifts to us. On the Feast of the Holy Family, let us take the time the pray for our families, and families all over the world. May a...

There is a story of a father and a son who collected rare works of art. Later, the son went to War and lost his life trying the save the life of another sold...

It was July 1, 1983. I was barely 17. I joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) as a postulant. This meant leaving home and moving ...

(Picture: AFP/Getty Images) The fire that ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral is still very fresh in our minds. Scenes of the collapsing spiral and the charred ...

Archbishop Oscaro Romero with young people in El Salvador in this undated file photo. Photo courtesy of Arzobispado de San Salvador/Oficina de la Causa de Ca...

I hadn’t seen him in few months. Jerusalem, though, was abuzz with news about Jesus. Caiaphas, the high priest and the other religious leaders were conspirin...

The Hebrew Scripture tells us a marvelous story right at the origins of the history of the people of Israel. Jacob, who was later named Israel (Gen 32:28), h...

If you have aging or aged parents, perhaps you have realized that there are hardly any resources available to children in order to prepare for this phase of ...

He is barely three years old. Wearing black shoes and a deep blue striped shirt, he pressed his face between the 30 feet high solid iron-bar-fence that separ...

I have received numerous e-mails or phone calls from parishioners who have been concerned about the child sexual abuse scandal. The concern is on multiple le...

The room from which I workout, I can see much of the parish campus. Just the other day I was saying to myself, soon there will be leaves on these trees. I co...

The last time Easter fell on April 1, also known as April Fool’s Day, was in 1956. This will not happen again until 2029. From the big picture perspective it...

The author of this story is unknown. All we know is that it is written by a young mother and that it was Christmas day. She writes: “We were the only family w...

The Christmas frenzy has begun. No matter how much I try each year, there is no escaping it. More often than not, I feel violated by all the in-your-face gli...

I am sure you have heard about the concept, ‘Culture Wars.’ Culture Wars refer to the conflict between traditionalist or conservative values and progressive ...

This Reflection is based on the scripture readings for 30th Sunday, Year A in the Catholic liturgical calendar. The great Christian mystic, John of the Cross...

In preparation for the Feast of the Pentecost, I read the original account of the Pentecost. As I read it, I felt my eyes tear up. Somewhere in the deepest p...