Francis X. Maier

Airports harbor interesting stories. Here’s an example. On my way home from a speaking engagement recently, I spent time with…

Having criticized the Washington Post for its March 9 hit-job on the unpleasant but revealing work of Catholic Laity and…

There is a new kind of intolerance “strangling open discussion across the West,” and this new brand of intolerance is linked closely with the sexual revolution.

The priesthood, just like the laity, is peopled by humans; and humans are creatures with flaws.

All those we love, and we ourselves, will one day go through that great black door of death. We need to acknowledge that fact and not try to evade or soften it. Without God, life really is a tragedy, and our mourning is a meaningless biochemical reaction. But our story doesn’t end there. The door has another side: a side of light, with a waiting, loving God.

The father who says he likes being tough on his kids is a liar. Fathers want to be loved, and too often they’re lonely.

Bronwen McShea’s new book, La Duchesse captures with vivid grace and detail the life of one of the most important, if unheralded, women in French history.

In the vast stream of history, individuals rarely seem to matter. . .except in the eyes of God.

We live at a moment when we urgently need the witness of good Christian men and women. In the life of the Church, we need leaders of courage and Catholic fidelity; men who will accompany the poor and the broken.

It turns out that “antichrist” comes in all shapes and sizes.

The ‘pope between the times’ had an unshakable faith that complemented his luminescent intellect.

The last days of December are always a time for reflection; an opportunity to make sense of the past, take stock of the present, and set a course for the future.