Tag: Greg Erlandson

"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." -- Mercutio, "Romeo and Juliet" In the past two and a half months...

Here's an answer that should show up on Catholic Jeopardy: "Eight minutes." The question is: "What does Pope Francis think the ideal length of...

When Pope Francis announced that the next world Synod of Bishops would convene on the topic of synodality, a lot of eyebrows were raised....

In advance of the Supreme Court's much-awaited decision on the Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks, the abortion wars have...

My track record as a predictor of Supreme Court abortion decisions took a hit years ago when I wrote an editorial predicting that Planned...

At their fall meeting, the U.S. bishops will have a chance to review, amend and vote on a draft statement titled "The Mystery of...

Experiencing COVID-19 these days brings to mind the scene in "Ben-Hur" when the lepers are proclaiming themselves "Unclean! Unclean!" People compare COVID-19 to the flu,...

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness." -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" What...

The human tendency to postpone and procrastinate is at times breathtaking. It can also be fatal. Now that Americans are starting to believe that COVID-19...

The Eighth Commandment is taking a beating on the internet. So is the Fifth. Lying and defaming are no longer sins. They are clickbait. The...