The Joy of the Truth

Our diocesen newspaper ran a story this spring about Edith George, a foster mother of 62 infants over the past 33 years. Edith had a special talent with babies, so much so that she received the nickname "the Baby Whisperer." Edith's love for babies flows...

I was just reviewing the Wisconsin Catholic bishop statement on stem cell research from this spring, "Serving All and Sacrificing None" and my mind kept returning to the article "The Stupidity of Dignity," on which I have commented many times already...

I have long held that practicing Catholics cannot give their allegiance to either political party. It always amazes me to hear Catholics fall so easily into political propaganda verbiage and leave their Catholic tradition of moral reasoning behind. One...

Catholic League: For Religious and Civil RightsOn yesterday’s NBC-TV show, “Meet the Press,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked to comment on when life begins. Here is what she said: “I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is...

While the natural moral law does address moral issues (what's right and wrong), it also leads us to live fully human lives. This was the good news that I shared this past weekend with our diocesan Lay Formation Institute students and deacon aspirants. I...