My guest blogger Kris Bedsworth is a woman of tremendous fortitude. She’s patient, positive, and courageous enough to serve as a substitute teacher in my school, which is no easy feat. We met last year when we were both pregnant with our second children, boys born less than three monthsRead More

Sometimes we have answers to questions that no one asks. As you know from reading this column, I like to write and preach about the “big issues.” What’s the meaning of life? Where is God when bad things happen? What happens when we die?Read More

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg, Germany, allows Catholics to receive the sacraments only if they pay a church membership tax (CR, Oct. 4).Read More

A college graduate for more than four years now, my first time back in the classroom at a higher education institution was Oct. 23 when I shadowed a seminarian in his fourth and final year at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park.  I am writing a story, slatedRead More

This past June marked an important anniversary for Catholic Hispanics in the United States: 40 years ago – on June 19, 1972, to be precise – some 250 church leaders involved in Hispanic ministry met for three days in Washington, D.C. in what was billed as the first Encuentro Nacional Hispano de Pastoral.Read More

In West Baltimore, residents and leaders walk for peace.Read More

Tyler Spear’s coaches and teachers notice his leadership, in and out of athletics.Read More

This screen version of David Mitchell's 2004 novel interweaves six connected stories.Read More