First: You are not required to talk about sex in the confessional.

Whatever a person’s experiences and fears of confession have been, going to confession behind a partition has a tremendous amount to offer us.

If the baby was born alive and they waited for the priest to make it over to the hospital, they ran the risk that the baby might die before the priest arrived to perform the sacrament of baptism.

Perhaps when we ask if women can be ordained, we are asking the wrong question.

An exclusive interview with Bishop Robert McElroy on whether the bishops’ should deny Communion to pro-choice politicians and the need for a true “eucharistic revival.”

While at the surface the question about women’s ordination has been asked and answered, rarely has it been asked in this new context where women’s full human dignity is unreservedly affirmed and defended.