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This month marks the fifth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood (on the nineteenth of May, to be exact). My secretary urged me to have some kind of...

My understanding of the sensus fidei is guided not by what the secular academy would think is fashionable, but by what the old ladies at church think. Every parishioner...

Our country is spiritually sick. I’ve especially noticed it since I assumed leadership of a parish in West Philadelphia last year. Back then, the embers were not yet cool...

With the release of the so-called “McCarrick Report,” this brutal, bizarre year has a new low point. Many priests have already begun whispering among themselves: When we eventually reinstate...

Of all the secular world’s contributions to the celebration of Christmas, one of my favorites is A Charlie Brown Christmas, released fifty-four years ago this month. Charlie Brown—a kind...

It would happen the same way every time. A few tough-looking guys would show up on the doorstep of a new business. They came offering “protection services” for a...