If we fail to consider the difficulties faced by the Holy Family, we can be lulled into thinking that the first Christmas was a familiar, even cozy, affair.

When I began writing for In All Things in the Spring I hoped to get across a few ideas on psychology and Catholicism but the task has grown greater and more enjoyable I m very grateful for everyone who has read my thoughts offered responses and challenges and shown interest in other topics pl

Following up on Jim Keane s post below don t miss Grant Gallicho s post over at Dotcommonweal on Bishop Olmsted s decision to strip St Joseph s Hospital of its Catholic status nbsp It s a lot more nuanced than today s New York Times editorial which referred approvingly to the hospital s aborti

This is a repost of a nbsp post that was accidentally deleted when I pushed the wrong button nbsp Here rsquo s a line from The Catechism of the Catholic Church that is not I would wager particularly well known nbsp It has to do with the overall treatment of gays and lesbians in modern societ

From Mirada Global and Raz oacute n y Fe magazine At the beginning of the third millennium the secularist prophecy mdash backed by Weber and Durkheim mdash about the decline and vanishing of religion and faith has not been fulfilled Even more it would seem that we are very far from it B

Yesterday s clarification by the CDF about Pope Benedict s remarks on the use of condoms by Aids-infected prostitutes made in Light of the World seems on the surface to add very little But to those who have been following the discussions among the moral theologians it is in fact highly signific