Stephen P. White

Now, if the shoe fits, wear it. But if words of criticism do not apply to me (or you), then there is nothing to be gained from insisting they do.

There are lessons here that go beyond memories of summers spent at the cabin. The Holy Spirit is the guarantor of the Church’s Tradition. Our grasp of that Tradition is never static or stale – it grows deeper and richer as it is shared – but it never ceases to be what it always is. Love himself guarantees the faithful transmission of that Tradition.

Marriage is much more (and sometimes much less) than two young people might imagine.

Earlier this week, on the first of May, the Church celebrated the memorial of St. Joseph the Worker. The feast was instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955 as a counterpoint to the Communist celebration of May Day. What better counterpoint to an ideology of power and conflict than humble Joseph?

My eldest daughter was Confirmed this spring. She took as her patron Pope St. John Paul II, a choice she made on her own but of which I could not be more approving. The bishop came to the parish and sealed her with the Holy Spirit. Afterward, her head smelled of chrism just as it did at her baptism. She has grown so much, as children do, to the never-ending joy and sorrow of her parents.

White reveals what the AG’s report confirms what the Catholic Church, at least in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, has done to become very adept in scandal prevention.

White discusses the importance of and the nuances in the unity of the Catholic Church.

White illustrates the importance of the Gospel during Lent and the division in the Catholic Church that can only be fixed by living and preaching the Gospel.

Stephen White celebrates the coming of Lent and spiritual renewal with traditional Lenten practices such as reading and copying the Gospels.

The universal call to holiness is just that; universal. Each one of us is called to holiness because each one…

Nowhere is the individualist strain in American Catholicism more manifest than in the ubiquitous belief that reception of the Holy Eucharist is a private matter rather than a fundamentally ecclesial reality.

Evaluating the Church’s record in handling the abuse crisis means making reasonable comparisons to other institutions grappling with the same scourge of abuse.