She has always taken her faith seriously. As a teenager and then a university student she was involved in parish youth groups. Once she met a wonderful man and they fell in love. He had no religious background whatsoever, but she strongly hoped to lead him to faith in God. With that hope she decided to move in with him.…

 The American ambassador to Libya killed in Benghazi, western countries’ embassies and their staff attacked in many countries, clashes between angry mobs and police trying to protect diplomatic missions. All these have recently happened because of an alleged very poor film made by an individual living in California. The film apparently was a private affair, not involving any established entertaining…

The glory days of disabled sportsmen and women are concluding this weekend. For the last eleven days we’ve had a chance to watch them competing for medals, as many watchers all over the world have not. Seemingly people fighting against other competitors as well as against the odds should be even more exciting to watch than the able-bodied Olympians. Recent…

A friend of mine makes steaks for dinner, and I notice she is cutting off the edge of the steaks. I ask her about it, and she answers that her mother has always done this. So I ask her mother, and she replies that her mother has always done this too. Fortunately I can ask that elderly lady the same…

‘This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?’ These words, taken from today’s gospel, describe the reaction of people listening to Jesus about eating his body and drinking his blood. This is not an accidental crowd of spectators; at least some of them made an effort to cross the lake and to find Jesus; these are people who care.…