As hard as it is to cull his canon, my favorite Willie Nelson song is “Still Is Still Moving To Me,” an ode to the curious mind that never stops. It describes the pilgrimage’s first two nights, as I did not get a wink of sleep in Parkville or BelRead More

About 10 minutes after noon my phone rang.Our sons’ school had a half-day. That morning I had packed two lunches for two boys, but somehow only one lunch made it to the afterschool program. And I wasn’t due to pick them up for five or six hours.“I gave him whatRead More

Though the “The Martian” is an unusually long movie, what viewers of faith may cherish most about this adventure is a single line of dialogue in the form of a three-word prayer.Read More

“Namaste”Father Jack Lombardi worked the traditional Hindu greeting into 7:45 a.m. Mass in the chapel at The John Carroll School Sept. 22. It was in deference to Kishan Patel, the online editor in chief of The Patriot, the school newspaper. He is American-born but with roots in India, a continualRead More

St. Joseph Parish in Roseburg hosted an emotional Mass the evening of Oct. 1 for 10 people who died in a shooting that morning.Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori posthumously honored Sylvia "Cookie" Harris with the archdiocesan Culture of Life medal Oct. 4.Read More

Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress as Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker of the House John Boehner look on in the House of Representatives Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sept. 24. (CNS photo/James Lawler Duggan, Reuters)Pope Francis in his address to CongressRead More

  Got home from the Feet for Francis/Pilgrimage of Love and Mercy in the wee hours Sept. 28 and had two days to put together a nice, fat 40-page Oct. 1 issue of the Catholic Review. Resting and getting reacquainted with my family in the days since, haven’t had time orRead More