I recently had the opportunity to meet Maria Vivona, a parishioner of Holy Spirit in Louisville. Maria is preparing to enter the Salesian Sisters.  In the bulletin, Holy Spirit included a wonderful reflection about her [...]

Below is a press release from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, along with a letter I wrote to President Obama about the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq:  August 14, 2014 USCCB [...]

Last Saturday, I was invited to speak at Fancy Farm, the famous annual picnic at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Western Kentucky (the Diocese of Owensboro).  Thanks to Fr. Pat Delahanty here is the video [...]

Last month, I was contacted by Alfa y Omega, a Catholic newspaper in Spain. (See here for newspaper.)  The reporter contacted me because the Spanish government is preparing a "Protection of the Unborn and of the Pregnant [...]

Below is a letter I wrote to U.S. bishops about the need for prayers and actions for peacein so many parts of the world.  This statement was released this morning by the UnitedStates Conference of [...]

Here is the homily I preached on Friday, June 27 at the closing Mass for the Marten Program of Homiletics and Liturgics at Notre Dame University. When you discover that someone loves you, it can [...]