Recently I received a question from someone who is not Catholic. Although she thought it might be a silly question (it wasn’t) she wanted to
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
I believe we often have definitive rationales for what we acknowledge as true and for what we do, even though we may have difficulty expressing
The Crusades cause people too much confusion. The view seems to be, there is little to defend in them, and even many Catholics tend to
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 recent terrorist attacks in Paris this past weekend have heightened the awareness of all Christians to the fact that we are living at a
“Our wholehearted paternal sympathy goes out to those who must pay so dearly for their loyalty to Christ and the Church; but directly the highest
St. Thomas Aquinas, in his ability to know Who and What God is, chose a unique path in which to travel. Many are familiar with
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
Author’s Note: This is a slightly updated Halloween reprint and I hope to finish an extra article on exorcism before Halloween itself, but you just know
The wars between ancient Rome and Carthage 264 BC to 146 BC, still have significance today because they molded the face of Europe. They also
“This, indeed, is probably one of the Enemy’s motives for creating a dangerous world—a world in which moral issues really come to the point.
How often have we all heard ill-informed people claim that the “Whore of Babylon” mentioned in the book of Revelation is the Vatican / Holy Catholic Church?
“Most people don’t care what we believe or say but, they pay attention when we bear the fruit the Church teaches we are to bear.”
On September 12, the Archbishop of Lipa in the Philippines issued a decree on a case of alleged apparitions from 1948 in Lipa itself. This
Several weeks ago, I published an article entitled Contemporary Culture Wars: Is History Repeating? Since the publication of that article, some significant issues and/or
On July 4, 1864 Abraham Lincoln had much to pre-occupy his mind. Grant’s drive on Richmond had bogged down into a stalemated siege to the
On Friday we all reflected on the events of 9/11, 14 years ago. It was been unavoidable, if you turned on a television, radio
There are so many observations that we can think about while reading the passion of our Lord. Here are just a few of my thoughts.
(For those of you who are not familiar with the book 1984, be forewarned: plot spoilers ahead!) How It Started I first read George Orwell’s 1984
Of all the gifts Holy Mother Church has bestowed on us, one of the greatest is the saints. These ordinary men and women, who
In light of continued controversy over Fatima and its famous third secret, I am presenting my own amateur translation of an Allocution (Address) of Alfredo
