Most people know that Martin Luther kick started the Reformation and got Protestantism rolling. Not too many people know that Luther also inadvertently helped commercialize Easter.
If you have not been watching HBO’s The Young Pope you haven’t missed anything of any consequence. All you’ve missed is some really well photographed
You really have to be careful where you get your news these days. The mainstream media, and even many online news sites, just can’t be
Heresy is running rampant in America. At least that’s what the headline on a recent article at The Federalist said. The article, “Survey Finds Most
Apparently, the Vatican’s Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) thinks business is business. I sure hope that’s not the case. A plan
The 2016 presidential election seems to be presenting many Catholics with a voting conundrum: Can a Catholic in good conscience vote for either candidate? If
In case you haven’t heard, there is apparently a new small sub-group of Catholics who have decided that it’s time to end the American Experiment.
Catholics who disagree with some Catholic Doctrine or Doctrines may not be formal heretics. They may only be material heretics. Or they may just be
Back in 1958, in the still early days of Rock ‘N Roll, Don and Phil Everly, the Everly Brothers, released a song entitled “Problems.”
One of the downsides to surfing the internet is that we can get bombarded by mixed messages on a whole range of topics. News junkies
Things are messed up today in America, but it’s not all Obama’s fault, even though he does deserve a lot of the credit. Our problems
The somewhat controversial conservative activist Pamela Geller wrote an essay last year entitled “The Poo Generation.” The thrust of Geller’s essay is that the ‘Poo
Ever since Jorge Bergoglio became Pope Francis three-and-a-half years ago, the mainstream media (MSM) has pulled out all the stops in an effort to paint
The Trump phenomenon and Brexit both came about as a result of the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s. SAY WHAT?! Some may think this
Tackling the Catechesis Problem At least one parish priest is aware of the Religious Ed problem. Monsignor Charles Pope, writing in the National Catholic Register, says
Something odd happens once the majority of young Catholics in the U.S. become teenagers – they seem to lose interest in their Catholic Faith. According
Social Justice is a big deal these days. In recent years, it’s become such a big deal amongst Secular Progressives that it’s even given rise
This election cycle’s primaries have been interesting and contentious. They have also been full of surprises and even unsettling in a couple different ways. But
Catholics who are not big on history may probably not be aware of the amount of anti-Catholic animus that existed in the U.S. from the
For many years, when our sons were young and impressionable, my wife and I did our very best to make sure we all got to
