Sean Gillen

Girls are permitted by the Church to be altar servers, but why do some Catholics say they shouldn’t be?

We're always told that God has a plan for us and that we should trust in His timing. Although this is a true statement, it’s easier said than done. As humans, when we don’t understand what God is doing we can all struggle sometimes to believe that he is really there.

At Mass we sit, stand, genuflect, kneel, and verbally respond- if we do this without anything going on in our head or our heart, we are acting like robots.

While praying outside the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Houston today, I noticed three flagpoles at the front of the building flying the American flag, the Texas state flag, and the Planned Parenthood flag- all at equal level.

The abortion giant Planned Parenthood has a lot of political and social power given to it by the media, politicians, organizations, and even the average consumer.

To be pro-life is not having a certain opinion. Pro-life is anything but an "opinion" pro-life is not a stance on a particular issue or set of issues nor is it a philosophy. Pro-life is nothing less than a spirituality.

I want to share a perspective on the subject of prayer. Prayer is what we call a communication between God and man, but it's so much more than that. Prayer is what connects the physical world and the spiritual world, our bridge between earth and the Kingdom of Heaven.

It's not just a hashtag on Twitter or the words on a rally sign, but a very true statement: Abortion is a large-scale assault on human life and dignity which has taken a toll on our country, our families, and the people who are left in its wake. Not only is abortion medically unhealthy and unnatural; increases risk of breast cancer, and damages the reproductive system,