SOUTHERN California was drizzling and cloudy when it welcomed the relics of Saint Anthony in mid-April, but the glow and joy of visitors certainly provided the warmth and spiritual sunshine on the...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: After 25 years of marriage certain doubts are beginning to assail me. I knew that marriage was no bed of roses, but I hoped that my husband would sometimes at least say to me: I...
AS I LOOK at the newspapers week by week, I am fascinated by the odd bits of scientific information they contain. Recently, I learned that camels developed humps to store fat in very cold regions,...
WHEN FRENCH Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to proclaim the Latin words “Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: habemus Papam…”...
I READ recently that an Australian academic has been researching the effect of apologising on our self-esteem. He was intrigued by the fact that people are often unwilling to apologise, even when it...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: My mother comes from a very old, noble family. All her relatives were very good, hard working and highly moral, religious people. Throughout the family history there were many...
