If the church is a field hospital, I have known a place within the church where the wounded have flocked for many decades. I am speaking, of course, of Howard Gray.

On the day after Easter, five incarcerated women were initiated into the Catholic Church.

One day, I looked up to the statue of Our Lady and prayed: “God has taken my mother. I need you to be my mother.”

The choice is yours: Will you be a church consumer or an investor in your parish?

“Rejoice and be glad!” is what Jesus said on the Sermon on the Mount. It is also the title of Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation on holiness in everyday life.

I see myself as a beloved son of the Father, one who happens to be attracted to men.