Father Thomas Dailey, OSFS

With his first words from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica – “Peace be with you all!” – Pope Leo XIV blessed the watching...

Yes, you read that title correctly! It does, however, need better punctuation to convey the proper meaning, which a saint with local ties can...

The philosopher Paul Ricoeur once claimed, “the symbol gives rise to thought” because its meaning cannot be exhausted by any conceptualizations. Religious symbols do this....

Linguists enjoy oxymorons – those word pairings that, despite being a contradiction literally, nevertheless still make sense. A civil war is anything but, nor...

Can artificial intelligence (AI) really fix everything? The question arose, with a “wink-and-nod,” in the “coy disclaimer” to a recent social media post that showed...

If only churches were like ballparks. Just imagine: parking lots filled to capacity with pre-Mass bonding, excitable chants echoing all around, communal camaraderie in...

The United States Bishops have invited Catholics to pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the feast day (June 16).  This year’s call...

It’s “time to be real.” So says a popular social media app as it notifies users to snap and share a photo of what they’re...

The Super Bowl has come and gone, its final score to be celebrated by some, forgotten by most. But before that fateful Sunday fades...

The Magi have come and gone. With the Epiphany the Christmas narrative concludes. The popular story of the foreign travelers charms the masses with a...