One of my best memories from early in my ministry is of the Sunday when two little girls decided they wanted to sit in the front row without their parents. They weren't sisters, they were friends.

Churchgoing is, except for all the other parts, the part of being a Christian that I am worst at. I go, but I don’t like it as much as you’re supposed to. I didn’t like it as a kid, when it involved ...

Unfortunately for my two children, we attended a different St. Elizabeth Catholic Church than Mark Naida (“If a Parish Isn’t Crying, It’s Dying,” Houses of Worship, Feb. 16). Our St Elizabeth’s ...

Sexual abuse perpetrated by Roman Catholic priests has been headline news for years. But even with so much press attention, there are many commonly accepted misconceptions about this. Remarkably, ...