My heart goes out to the many good people who have suffered the tragic breakup of their marriage. I would advise anyone in such a situation not to be afraid of the Church’s rules and regulations.

What is it like to be Catholic in a land settled and populated mostly by Latter-day Saints? Special challenges to the Catholic community develop special strengths, agree Salt Lake City Catholics in interviews with St. Anthony Messenger.

I’m waiting beneath two stunning magnolia trees in the courtyard of the friary of Our Lady of the Angels, whose chapel, the PorziuncolaÑthe “Little Portion “ÑSaint Francis restored with his own hands. Here, on the plain below Assisi, is where Saint Francis died. Here, Saint Clare was received into the order as the first Franciscan woman, and here, Friar Alessandro Brustenghi, the “Voice from Assisi, ” lives and ministers.

Text, post, tweet, pin, repeat. Text, post, tweet, pin, repeat. The unfailing cadence of the millennial generation. The drum of social media and connectivity that beats faster every day, pushing my generation onwardÑas if it were the refrain of our having been told as adolescents to walk to the beat of our own drums.

This month, families across the country will gather around their tables to celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a scene that Father Leo Patalinghug, a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is trying to get families to recreate the other 364 days of the year.