Commentaries
Don’t wait for the young adult group to get involved in your parish
Younger Catholics seek fellowship not only with each other, but with all ages in the faith. Zac Davis believes that the church can meet this need for community by inviting them to participate fully in parish life.
Shall we manufacture our children?
Genetic engineering has accelerated rapidly, creating at least three new moral dilemmas. Bioethicists must work quickly to address the costs of creating humans artificially, writes Richard Doerflinger.
Charlottesville: The antidote is in the venom
Where fighting in a city park broke out, people now are going to reflect, pray and sing songs of hope, writes Carole Norris Greene. Those suffering from the injection of evil into their midst are standing up to it with righteous indignation.
Cheers to the folks who fix things, and to solid career options
Maureen Pratt's need of a home repair made her appreciate how valuable construction and repair trades are in life, and the great value of the men and women employed in them.
Overdose takes another young life, but we persevere in prayer
Greg Erlandson prayed for his friend's daughter for years during her addiction, and he will continue praying at her funeral liturgy. The hopes of friends and family remain in the Lord, who will not abandon them.
We’re living in a digital age, and future priests must be formed in it
Writing his first column for CatholicPhilly.com, Oblate Father Thomas Dailey explains how seminarians in priestly formation must learn balance, not by turning off their devices but by encountering people online and offline.
Teens around the globe seek peace at Jerusalem summit
At an international gathering in Israel, youth from different backgrounds worked to build a culture of encounter and peace.
Together, couple can climb mountain of college financing
Deacon Paul and Helen McBlain study how a married couple with differing views of paying for college can help their daughter on the road to higher education. Having a plan and working together is the key.
Today’s population implosion has links to weakened faith
Reflecting on low birth rates, Richard Doerflinger thinks the decline in belief has led people to focus on the pleasures of this life only. Pursuing pleasure excludes devoting time and effort to marriage and children.
On our over-sexed society: You break it, you bought it
Greg Erlandson clearly sees the high personal and social costs of lust. But there are six other deadly sins, and of them, pride may be the most insidious as it keeps us from recognizing the other sins in ourselves.