Robert McClory recently wrote an article for the National Catholic* Reporter, opining that Pope Francis should revisit the question of the morality of birth control.
Archbishop John Hughes (1797-1864) of New York, was a titan within the Catholic Church in America in the nineteenth century. Overseeing with skill the explosive growth
At the very edges of the culture you sometimes hear about how tradition is coming back. You hear how the John Paul II generation is
Peter Paul Cooney was born in County Roscommin, Ireland in 1822. He went with his family to America at the age of 5. Raised on
Donna D\’Errico is a real life modern day explorer. She\’s getting ready to journey into the most amazing and remote location in the world, Mount Ararat
It’s difficult to overstate the impact the Holocaust has had on both Jewish and Christian theology … but it can be done. The philosophical influences
I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall
In his book, Socrates: A Man for Our Times, the author Paul Johnson suggests that getting to know Socrates better might help us through our current
Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson wrote a novel Come Rack! Come Rope! about religious persecution during the Elizabethan era in England. This more-than-just-a-novel shows the gradualness
One of the more popular quotes in Catholic circles is, \”There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church,
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has made a fool of herself again in public but just in time, she gives relevance to this article that I have
Well it took long enough. George Washington had been dead for more than three decades before a society was founded to build a monument to
Whether a moral, ethical or philosophical statement can be absolutely true is the central issue of our time. We live in a culture bombarded by
In 2003, the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting was awarded to Alan Miller and Kevin Sack of the Los Angeles Times for their revelatory and moving examination of the AV8 Harrier, nicknamed
Women deacons, why not? Ever since the Second Vatican Council implemented the vision of the Council of Trent to restore the permanent diaconate, the question
Books on spirituality and \”self help\” line the shelves of bookstores, stories on the same topics call at people from the magazine racks. The millions
In the midst of a World War, Emil Kapaun was born in peaceful Pilsen, Kansas on August 20, 1916. His parents were Czech immigrants and
In 1947 Father Domenico Pechenino related what he had witnessed over six decades before. \”I do not remember the exact year. One morning the great
The first thing you must know about Edith Stein is that she is a Catholic saint who died a martyr’s death; you can learn more about the details of her life as a Christian here.
My perspective on the conflict between the Catholic Church in the U.S. and the Obama administration is a long one. It goes even further back
Even as the Cardinals meet in the Conclave to elect the next pope, misunderstandings about the nature of the papacy abound. For example, many people
Some men become legends after their deaths and others become legends while they are alive. Lewis Burwell Puller, forever known as \”Chesty\”, was in
I was planning to write a post today about intellectual virtue, but that plan was postponed when I received word that Pope Benedict XVI had
“The Church must be militant in order to thrive and flourish.” So said Rod Pead (editor of Christian Order magazine) in a speech he gave
