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Our relationship with tech has tarnished, observes Father Eric Banecker. Catholics must live in the real, and invite people to real, live experiences of worship and communal life.

That’s what Father Eric Banecker calls our postmodern culture with its veneer of affluence, beneath which is an anxious and addicted culture without the vision of a good life well lived. It’s not pleasant, so why not give religious renewal a try?

Priests, like Father Eric Banecker, and faithful Catholics must be more present and visible so that homeless people can see they have a home in the household of God, which is the church.

Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar cast the lone pro-life vote from his party against a bill touted by party leadership. It reminds us that aiding pregnant women or banning abortion is not a false choice. In fact, they mutually demand each other, writes Father Eric Banecker.

Father Eric Banecker is celebrating more weddings these days, and he is thinking about the two

Homes, walls, clothes: grey is a popular color that reflects the conformity of our age, writes Father Eric Banecker. The vigor of a robust Catholicism can bring beauty and light to our world.

Father Eric J. Banecker By Father Eric J. Banecker • Posted March 12, 2021 The great unraveling. The great reset. The era of change. These and similar sentiments have been attached to the age we are currently living through. Calling it the “age of covid” is not quite right, of course. While the coronavirus is obviously the central news story of our time, it is actually just an accelerant – fuel for the fire, so to speak – of the rapid societal changes that have been underway for quit...

Father Eric J. Banecker By Father Eric J. Banecker • Posted January 15, 2021 Arequipa, Peru is a fascinating place. In the summer I spent there studying Spanish in 2014, I grew to love its friendly people, its delicious local dishes like rocotto relleno, and the city’s beautiful mix of influences from indigenous culture and Spanish missionaries, all with many amenities of modern life. It has its quirks too. Driving around was the kind of event that brought one face-to-face with mortality....

Father Eric J. Banecker As we approach the conclusion of the annus horribilis, this year of our discontent, many people are literally breaking down, either physically or emotionally, unable to handle the terrible diseases that have been unleashed. I say “diseases” because, while so much of our attention is rightly directly to COVID-19, it should become obvious that many other diseases have wounded our bodies and our body politic this year. A sense of malaise and meaninglessness, anger and ...