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We received some positive feedback from my February column on business and faith, where I explained my lifelong conviction that faith (business ethics) and success in business are not only not at odds with each other, but that being a faithful Catholic helps one to be a better CEO.

Saint Peter Chanel was a missionary priest of the Society of Mary and a martyr who was sent to bring the Catholic faith to the Pacific island of Futuna, northwest of Australia between Fiji and Samoa.

In the second century, St. Irenaeus taught that “the Son of God became the Son of man, so that man … might become a son of God.”

A holy passing from this life means a readiness to enter the next life. Our spiritual preparation to receive this grace is a lifetime undertaking.

To offer Gregorian Masses for the suffering souls in purgatory is a pious tradition that draws upon the saving power of the Mass

Catholic hospitals, health workers, and employers brace for anticipated new HHS requirements on providing contraception, transgender services, and abortion. Religious freedom advocates prepare for further battle in defense of life and human dignity.

A 'one-of-a-kind' free health clinic is driven by volunteers seeking to do Christ's work

Too many good people complain about “wokeness,” “cancel culture,” and “white privilege,” but no one focuses on what these have in common — the attempt to destroy all that most Americans hold sacred.

My small private medical practice in Northeast Philadelphia serves a community of mostly elderly people. Over the past 15 years, I have noticed my patients feeling more isolated and nameless as the world around them becomes more secular.

Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. At least, once upon a time, we could assume that this was true.

April brings us the celebration of life and hope that is Easter.

Saint Paul compared himself to a boxer: “I do not box as one beating the air; but I pommel my body and subdue it” (1 Cor 9:26-27).

One in every 5-10 patients seeing a family physician complains of fatigue, and one in every 10-20 Americans has hypothyroidism.

Suffering is still largely a mystery to us. If someone has the smallest belief in God and acknowledges His existence, then they ask, “How can a loving God allow good people to suffer?”

Easter is a season of roots: family roots, root vegetables from the garden, and particularly, roots of our faith.

Jim Akers, Legatus' 2021 National Membership Chair Award winner, shares his winning strategies for attracting new chapter members

Father Joshua Caswell, Legatus chaplain and pastor of St. John Cantius, appreciates his Pentecostal past even as he celebrates the sacraments