The assignment came with a long list of rules: Don’t ask somebody else in the class. You have to ask in person. You ask, you pay.

Many if not most single people may struggle with how to celebrate Valentine’s Day, if they choose to do so at all.

We are called as Catholics to honor the dignity of every single person—and there are small but meaningful ways to reach out to someone who has experienced a pregnancy loss.

If we listened more than we lectured, maybe we would find different reasons to arrive at the same behaviors that help us heal.

I have Ignatius and Benedict to thank for guiding me into a regular rhythm of noticing God in daily life and capturing this truth into words that steer me into saying yes and no to the right things.

My belief in the sanctity of human life was supported by my own struggle to accept myself as a gay person.