The Merry Catholic

My mom passed away last year at the age of 92. I am the Executor of her estate, and I had the Post Office start forwarding all of her mail t...

What is the most important question in the whole world? No, it’s not “Do the Red Sox have enough pitching this year to make a run at the pla...

Back in early March, I expressed my views in this column about the many cannabis dispensaries opening up all over Connecticut, now that the ...

This week’s gospel reading at Mass is the fascinating story of Jesus’ appearance to two of His followers on the road to Emmaus just after Hi...

A couple of months ago, there was a news story about a Dallas-based company called Colossal Biosciences that announced ambitious plans to re...

Back on the morning of Ash Wednesday, I made an impulsive decision to give up donuts for Lent. I immediately regretted that decision when I ...

America has a strange relationship with England. They have given us Shakespeare, Dickens, Julie Andrews, and The Beatles. In return, we have...