Category Archives: Priesthood and Preaching

. . . than a good dog. That’s how I began a recent homily at a funeral home service for a man who had died at the age of fifty, just over two months after being diagnosed with cancer. Beginning that way wasn’t, as you might suspect, my original plan. But the man’s dog, aContinue reading “God is better . . .”

A few days ago, I shared the sobering allegations made against a stalwart of Catholic orthodoxy, Fr. George Rutler. He has, as I mentioned on Thursday, denied allegations of sexual assault and has told his parishioners not to believe stories that were reported about what happened. His case is a helpful reminder that we priestsContinue reading “Is anything worse than being a hypocrite?”