Four years ago, I learned that my mother had conceived a child after being raped by her own father. And I was that child...
In May of 1978, God put forth the plans for my life. I was given up for adoption when I was only three days young. My adoptive parents were unable to have any children of their own, and were ecstatic that their dream of raising a child was about to come true.
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admits: Roe v. Wade "moved far too fast"...
We're missing an opportunity here. The Obama healthcare debate isn't really about religious liberty...
The recent debates over the Obama Healthcare mandate regarding insurance and policies regarding abortion and contraceptive services are being described by many as an infraction against religious freedom. Is this the best strategy? It seems that many well-meaning Catholics are rallying to a strategy based on the administration's "violation of religious freedom."
If someone tells you that Matthew invented the idea that Jesus founded a Church, here's what you should say...
The attempt to tease a “real Jesus” out of the gospels and separate him from the actual Jesus who is portrayed by the evangelists is a fool’s errand. It tells us only what the reader likes to exaggerate and what he likes to ignore in the testimony of the evangelists.
Facing the elephant in the room of Vatican disarray...
The Washington post said Obama "shifted" on birth control. In reality, he shifted on nothing. This maneuver was a fraud and an absurdity...
Saturday morning’s Washington Post headline and first sub-headline, page one and above-the-fold, nicely captured the confusions that prevailed as of 6 p.m. Friday, in the matter of tweaks to the “contraceptive mandate” issued by the Obama administration’s Department of Health and Human Services: “Obama shifts on birth control / Catholic leaders open to plan.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark: A new commentary on a classic film...
If you think a young man may have a vocation to the priesthood, tell him so...
I’m getting to think there’s no such thing as a coincidence. Or else everything is a coincidence. For the past year, I’ve watched a young man who comes to daily Mass at our parish. Young men at daily Mass are relatively rare, but I was also particularly struck by his demeanor: respectful, serious but joyful.
Hagia Sophia is No Lady...
The Holy Spirit is the motive force, the breath that moves our limbs, the gasoline that runs the ambulance…. He is, to return to the Hebrew image of the Shekhinah, the immanent presence of the transcendent God. We are shown the Father through the person of Christ, but we don’t encounter Him directly on this earth.
The Detroit Free Press profiles Michael Voris of Real Catholic TV...
Obama's "accommodation" only made matters worse. Either he just doesn't get it, or he just doesn't care...
Freedom of conscience and religious liberty are not concessions grudgingly granted by the Federal Government--either directly, or by way of exemption or exception. Our nation was founded on those basic and inalienable rights as the bedrock of who we are as Americans.
Nun Maintains Polish Ties Through 100-Year Family Correspondence...
Three men who loved lepers: Jesus of Nazareth, Francis of Assisi, and Damien of Molokai...
Though not the first miracle of his public ministry, Jesus’ healing of the leper is certainly the first miracle he worked after relating the Sermon on the Mount (as is clear from St. Matthew [8:1]). Thus, it is striking to note that, immediately after preaching the great sermon which collects all of his message into one...
The sheer grandeur of the Divine Office is overwhelming...
In-depth analysis : The bishops' tougher response to the Obama 'compromise' mandate...
After an initial muted reaction to President Obama’s proposed “accommodation,” the leaders of the US bishops’ conference have released a second, stronger statement, declaring that the mandate for contraceptive coverage in health-care programs remains “unacceptable and must be corrected.” On Friday evening...
Don't be deceived. Obama's evil policy is now even more evil...
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Let's talk about sex...
I went to Mass Sunday morning at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. The Gospel and homily were appropriately about sacramental cleansing. Appropriate, always. And maybe especially when we are being called in a whole new way to be apostles in the United States. Are we who we say we are?
The monks of Ramsgate have shockingly put on the secular market sacred vessels given by generations of the faithful...
This week’s print edition of The Catholic Herald, in this week’s Charterhouse column, contains a very remarkable article which you will not have seen on this website. It is a stinging critique, by John Gummer (also now confusingly known as Lord Deben), of the actions of the 11 Benedictine monks of Ramsgate Abbey, and in particular of their abbot.
Some thoughts on science and faith from an unexpected source...
Generally, when I think of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I presume that I will be seeking answers or insights into racial justice, and significant issues of poverty and the social Gospel. Yet recently, I came across some quotes which cast light on the relationship of science and faith, another critical issue in our time.
Leaked letters reveal Viganò's complaints of corruption...
Both in Washington and in Rome, leaking supposedly confidential material is high art. Conventional wisdom in both places, therefore, holds that you should never write anything down you’d be uncomfortable seeing in the newspapers. As a veteran Roman now living in Washington...
Practical advice on how to know and feel the forgiveness you have received in confession...
“I know I have been forgiven because I’ve been to confession, but I don’t feel forgiven! How can I find peace and know that I’m forgiven? ” This is one of the most frequent questions I get as a priest. A similar question comes up with the problem of forgiving others, “Father,” the person asks, “my business partner screwed me real bad.
Mike Huckabee: "Thanks to President Obama, we are all Catholics now"...
A response to Obama from Mary Ann Glendon, Robert George, John Garvey, and other luminaries...
