In 2013, not long after Pope Francis became Pope Francis, he gave us the encyclical “Evangelii Gaudium,” or “The Joy of the Gospel.” Pope Fran…

"And you know, it ain't fiction

Who but our God is the rock?

"If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet."

Catholics know that Palm Sunday Mass features one of the longest Gospels read all year. It is also one of the few Gospels requiring our vocal …

I'm buying a souvenir, a magnet for the fridge. It's four dollars.

If you've visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, the name Father Mychal Judge may sound familiar. Father Judge, a Franciscan priest, was …

Here on the northern Oregon Coast, we're invited every Sunday afternoon to bring our anti-fascism protest signs — our obviously handmade signs…

The recycling center we bring our glass containers to asks that we separate glass that is labeled as requiring a deposit from glass that is un…

The relentless rains of this past December, ominously termed an "atmospheric river," have managed to wash out a stretch of the highway that ta…