Parents should take a lead in giving their children an accurate picture about sex and reproduction, but too many young adults never learn the basics about fertility.

A Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter, by Molly Cahill

A Reflection for Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Rachel Lu

The writing of Brian Doyle, who died in 2017, hummed with an undercurrent that honors children and invites the reader to adopt their posture of innocence.

Francis met the papal abuse commission at a time when many questions have been raised about its organization, governance and direction following the resignation at the end of March of Hans Zollner, S.J.

When we get behind the wheel, it is easy to see other human beings as mere obstacles. We need to acknowledge that driving can distort the moral sense of Catholics and all good people.

A distinct majority of those who pray (87%) said they believed they’d received an answer to their prayers in the last 12 months.

I am usually not one to call for big changes or support radical ideas. If the church has worked this way for 2,000 years, I used to think, who are we to change it now?

A Reflection for Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Christopher Parker

The coronation of a British monarch is a ceremony that at several points bears a marked resemblance to the consecration of a bishop and which, in its essence and most of its origins, is essentially Catholic.