The church counts on so many to "mother" its children -- women religious, teachers, nurses and catechists. Giving thanks for this wider vision of motherhood is a rich celebration of God at work in our midst.Read More

If one is seriously ill, is that person still required to attend Mass? Is a marriage still recognized by the Catholic Church if a priest isn't the officiant? Father Doyle has the answers in Question Corner.Read More

How wonderful that, even when life isn’t easy and we struggle to be all we can be, our Father is watching us with a divine love that is beyond understanding.Read More

Our job is not just to do good things for God, but to allow God to do good things through us. That’s what Mary models.Read More

I heard that someone commenting on the new memorial said, “Isn’t there enough about Mary, already?” How can there be too much about Mary when she brought us Jesus?Read More

It’s not that most Catholics reject outright the call to spread the Gospel; it’s more that they decline to participate in it, often because they themselves have never been evangelized and adequately catechized.Read More

Father Doyle fields questions about the use of incense at Mass and whether a person should give money to homeless people.Read More

The defense of the indefensible leads to rage, and rage becomes a form of madness.Read More