Several weeks ago, during the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family, I attempted to use my Sunday homily to address the crisis of marriage and the family facing the Church. It was the 27th ...

Our northern hemisphere is in the full-throttled advance of a school year well begun, autumn leaves are beginning their annual exhibition of color and the Christmas season is still blessedly distant.

In the past year, there have been an amazing number of uprisings, demonstrations and protests in Arab countries, some of which have led to a change in leadership. Some have been relatively peaceful, ...