Spirituality

Pope Leo XIV, in his January 26, 2026, message on the World Day of Social Communications, had much to say about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence. One statement in particular caught my attention and provoked a stream of thoughts: “AI models are shaped by the worldview of those who build them an...

It is always an honor to volunteer at Catholic conferences and retreats. I have attended and volunteered at many in my life, each leaving me with profound, quiet experiences. This was the first time I was put on a Reconciliation team, and it has been my favorite one by far. At this Catholic teen con...

A Visitor from Heaven, Part III: Apparitions in Northern Italy In Part II, I introduced a glimpse into the life of Francesca Sgobbi and her husband Giorgio, marked by the latter’s terminal illness, followed by the former’s pivotal mystical experience. Fr. Jerzy outlined the urgent need to abandon ou...

Recently, I had a coffee with a friend, where our conversation turned to AI and the ways it’s pulling humanity from God. We shared thoughts about how we were trying to remain rooted in what it is to be human in the West’s technocratic autocracy. He spoke of his recent trek through a long stretch of...

Euthanasia, Cause of Death, and the Disappearance of the Act The normalization of euthanasia rarely happens all at once. It usually advances by a series of softenings. First the language changes. Suicide becomes “physician-assisted death.” Then it becomes “medical assistance in dying.” Finally it be...

If there is an area of the Church in which people are starving for answers and in need of assistance, it is the realm of spiritual warfare. As often happens, multiple people came forward in the past week, telling me about their demonic encounters or seeking ways to spiritually defend their families....

Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. (Mt. 10:38) There are a number of ways that we can approach prayer to welcome the grace of union with Christ more deeply into our hearts. One way is to make a good examination of conscience, asking the Holy Spirit to shed li...

“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (Jn. 10:10). Jesus’ promise resounds in my head and heart, over and over again, but not without recalling the warning that precedes it. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy,” Our Lord prefaces. In placing these two statements tog...

After journeying nearly 14,000 kilometers from Mexico, the Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe—gifted to the Philippines by the Bishops of Mexico—has finally arrived, not merely for a brief visit, but to embark on a historic, six-month pilgrimage that will bring her maternal presence to more than...

For the past decade, our culture has seen a rise in relativism which chooses personal opinions and desires over objective reality. One of the most controversial issues at this time is euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. There is an alarming increase in medical suicide, especially in Canada, w...

“Whoever does not take up His cross and follow me is not worthy of me.” (Mt. 10:38) We were shocked by the tragedy that struck a local high school in Tacloban City, Philippines, a few weeks ago, when two teenagers shot and killed three of their high school mates and wounded many others. There are in...

In his 2001 apostolic letter, Novo Millennio Ineunte (At the Beginning of the New Millenium), St. Pope John Paul II wrote about perfect holiness, stating: This ideal of perfection must not be misunderstood as if it involved some kind of extraordinary existence, possible only for a few “uncommon hero...