I once wrote an article about several women residents of a local nursing home. In researching the piece, I discovered that they had grown up in the same neighborhood as my grandmother, and that one of the women was, in fact, my grandmother’s dearest childhood friend.

LPi is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Archdiocese of New Orleans to support the Clarion Herald — the official Catholic newspaper of the archdiocese.

I get a little crazy when it comes to my kids’ safety. We’ve probably had a few too many conversations that could be entitled “What to Do If Mommy Loses You At the State Fair” or “Don’t Trust People Just Because They Smile At You.”

It never fails to amuse me that the disciples in today’s Gospel don’t recognize Jesus until he asks them to do something that makes absolutely no logical sense.

It does sound unbelievable, the story of the Resurrection. But lots of things are unbelievable. That doesn’t mean they’re not true.

Everybody’s trying to find God. They may not admit it. They may not even know it. But the search defines them, and it defines us.

I’m Catholic. I’m proud of being Catholic. But is that wordless witness really evangelization?

Too often, we don’t care about righteousness or truth. We just care about being right.