This article originally ran in Sword & Spade, a magazine for Catholic fathers, leaders, and mentors. There are few issues in our modern-day society that get me more wound up than education. My frustration doesn’t stem from us not being able to see the forest for the trees, rather that we couldn’t care less that there might be a forest bec...

Baptism is a big deal in the Christian life, and for good reason. The Catechism states that baptism “is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments,” (CCC 1213). This is pretty profound in its own right, and it really sets the tone for the significance of bapt...

From the earliest days of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II exhorted the Church: “Do not be afraid.”  The subsequent events of his pontificate made it clear that, far from merely instructing the faithful in this way, John Paul II also lived those words.  Given the present state of our nation, the earnestness with which the Church in America ...