“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hatred. Hatred leads to suffering.” This quote comes from Star Wars’ Master Yoda in in an exchange with
Grandmothers and Mercy January is a time that reminds me of my deceased Grandmother. She passed away over 20 years ago on January 31. It is
A FaceBook friend recently posted this: What I fear has become the new “progressive” orthodoxy is this, that there is no such thing as truth.
You guys have your own calendar? We, the fellow from the adjacent carpeted cell in this vast sea of cubicles and I, had made it
Catholic priests are heroes to me. After the sacrifice and moral fiber of my own father in this earthly life, the spiritual fathers God has
In the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima, there are 2 striking aspects. These aspects are the miracle of the sun and the famous
The Answer: No. In 1995, in an article entitled “Morality and Christian Morality”, Father Joseph de Torre made the point that the Church cannot change
There is no doubt that Jesus loves each one of us with an everlasting love. The question is whether or not we love Jesus in
A friend recently posed a question on Facebook that stayed my scrolling fingers and made me ponder. He asked, “What is worship?” Intuitively, I thought
Not too long ago, the rector of the local Cathedral died after a battle with cancer. Though not entirely unexpected, his departure from this life
Everywhere one looks today, it seems like our society wants to go over a cliff at a thousand miles an hour. It seems that the
I had the recent and fascinating pleasure of getting myself confused on-line with a fellow Catholic and so-called “seer” from Colorado named Charlie Johnston.* The reason
Latin is a delectable puzzle of never-ending wordplay, deeper meanings, and historical wonder. My students like to learn it because it is filled with innumerable
Halloween, often feared by Evangelicals, is not the satanic celebration of evil it is sometimes portrayed to be. Catholics know this is a day to
According to Cosmopolitan magazine, “feminist” activist Gloria Steinem said the following about Pope Francis: I had this thought that we should have this massive education
Pope Francis has become one of the most talked about popes since Pope St. John Paul II. He’s also one of the most controversial popes
Protestant apologists will often pose this question to Catholics: If your Church is really infallible, why does it not just interpret every last verse of
Have you ever delved into the notes provided in the New American Bible? That is the translation used in the English Lectionary. The United States
October is Respect Life month in the United States. It begins a new, year-long cycle of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Respect Life Program.
The pope is always one-of-a-kind on the world stage, and has no competition except for Satan and his followers. If there are any human
There are two common and distinct approaches to the question of the infallibility of the Church’s teaching authority. Non-Catholics deny that any human person or
“How I would love a Church which is poor and for the poor.” – Pope Francis Pope Francis consistently proclaims traditional Catholic Social Teaching
So long as the weather was neither too wet nor too cold in Groton, Massachusetts, the students would process out to a grotto during the
But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” (Luke 5:30) I miss
