Bishop Barron: The 10 Commandments and our pathetic attention span
As we take up New Year's resolutions, let's consider this.
Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Robert Barron is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
Latest articles by Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Barron: What are the laity supposed to be?
Dorothy Day had a vision of the Church that Vatican II largely ratified. She rejected the idea that only clergy are called to be spiritual athletes.
Bishop Barron: Why equity, diversity, and inclusivity are not absolute values
For most pundits and social activists, at least in the West, these three values function as fundamental norms
Bishop Barron: The moral and spiritual purpose of the law
The earliest text laying out a separation between the sacred and the secular is the first chapter of the book of Genesis.
How to live a meaningful life
Bishop Barron sat down with some interesting stars of social media to discuss this question.
Bishop Barron: Come back to Mass!
Thomas Aquinas said that all of the other sacraments contain the 'virtus Christi' (the power of Christ) but that the Eucharist contains 'ipse Christus' (Christ himself).
Bishop Barron: Stretching out to great things
Commencement address for the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
Should suffering shake our faith?
If we turn to the Bible, an answer becomes clear, even if shrouded still in mystery.
Bishop Barron: Why we need a distribution of power
In economics, in politics, and even in culture, Catholic social doctrine advocates neither statist control nor individual freedom run amok.
Bishop Barron: Doing some real Advent spiritual work
As painful as it might be, move, this Advent, into that spiritual space. Feel what it’s like to be off the path, disoriented.
Bishop Barron: You’re meant to be an eagle, not a chicken: A reflection on Baptism
What if everyone who is meant to soar would, finally, stop poking around on the ground?
Bishop Barron: The Book of Exodus and why coming back to Mass matters
Exodus doesn't give any indication that the moral prescriptions are somehow more important than the liturgical prescriptions.
Bishop Barron: Martin Luther King and the religious motivation for social change
There are severe moral deficits in our society that must be addressed.
Bishop Barron: Why ‘What are the bishops doing about it?’ is the wrong question
I would argue that the lion’s share of the work regarding this massive societal problem belongs to those whose proper arena is the society
Bishop Barron: Heart of Jesus, holy temple of God
Why are the emotions consistently read in terms of their corruption, when neither intellect nor will is read that way?
Bishop Barron: Pentecost and the fires in our cities
If Christians have been the dominant presence in our country for all of these centuries, why isn’t there more unity?
Bishop Barron: Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox’ and the modern myth of origins
A "fascinating story," but one that "does justice neither to religion nor the distinctive culture of modernity."
Bishop Barron: Laudato Si’ athwart modernity
The “Fox News vs. CNN” hermeneutic just won’t work if we are reading Laudato Si' in full.
Bishop Barron: The quarantine’s 3 lessons about the Church
"One of the most difficult moments that I’ve had as a bishop was participating in the decision to close our churches ..."
Bishop Barron: Governor Cuomo and God’s noncompetitive transcendence
To claim that “God did not do that” because we did it is simply a category mistake.