Human Touch
Foxfier
August 28, AD2013
10 Comments
When you have a child, one of the popular phrases is “skin to skin contact.” Basically, as much as possible you’re supposed to hold your
Weariness and Current Events
Paul Zummo
August 27, AD2013
13 Comments
Upon completing Joseph Bottum\’s now notorious essay in Commonweal, several dozen snarky thoughts crossed my mind, some of which I shared elsewhere. But honestly I
Joseph Bottum and His Bottom Line
H. L. Duncan
August 24, AD2013
19 Comments
I do have to admit that I am extremely jealous of Joseph Bottum. He was actually paid by the Luce Foundation to write a very
Why It\’s Hard to Dialogue With Secularists and Leftists
Leila Miller
August 20, AD2013
105 Comments
My blog title, Little Catholic Bubble, is a bit tongue-in-cheek. I love my faithful Catholic friends, but I also enjoy engaging the left, mostly secular
The Right to Own Property is Important, but Not Absolute
Jason Hall
August 1, AD2013
8 Comments
Our political discourse often consists of a back-and-forth discussion between two seemingly irreconcilable extremes. Many on the Left attack those on the Right as radical
Popular Truth
Foxfier
July 30, AD2013
5 Comments
Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong; right is right, even if nobody is right.
Reincarnated or Redeemed?
Victoria Gisondi
July 25, AD2013
12 Comments
The problem with reincarnation is that the belief that our souls are enfleshed again in different forms dismisses any uniqueness of personhood. Not only does
The Power of Glibness
Paul Zummo
July 23, AD2013
8 Comments
The Internet has revolutionized communication and allowed ordinary citizens access to wider audiences, as well as an ability to disseminate information and opinions to ever
Dangers to the Faith
Patti Maguire Armstrong
July 17, AD2013
20 Comments
It is holy to love our enemy, but we must recognize him. The guy who takes our parking spot, the cranky neighbor, the difficult in-law…they
WWJD About Sweatshops?
Francis
July 10, AD2013
13 Comments
I hate sweatshops. I loathe the idea that a global or local economy should embrace industrial sweatshops along with the agricultural equivalent type of work
Privacy In The Bible
John Morgan
July 5, AD2013
5 Comments
Even though we may not find the word in scripture, the Bible does give us guidelines regarding privacy. When Adam and Eve ate of the
What is Freedom?
Matthew Brower
July 4, AD2013
3 Comments
For as long as I can remember, Independence Day celebrations, though filled with family gatherings, fireworks and parades, have also called us to reflect on
A Catechesis on Conscience and its Counterfeits
Jeffrey McLeod, PhD
July 2, AD2013
5 Comments
When I was in a Catholic college many years ago, my moral theology class featured an anthology of essays on various moral choices, pro and
Socrates or Jesus?
John Darrouzet
July 1, AD2013
7 Comments
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
This is Starting to Sound Elizabethan
Fr. James Melnick
June 28, AD2013
7 Comments
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
Who is Obsessed With Sex?
Leila Miller
June 25, AD2013
5 Comments
You\’ve heard it a million times, repeated as some sort of secular gospel: the Catholic Church is simply obsessed with sex. This obsession with the
The Time of your Eternal Life
Chelsea Houghton
June 21, AD2013
1 Comment
It is not long to go until World Youth Day 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And what a World Youth Day it will be.
Austerity Is Good For You
Julie Machado
June 6, AD2013
4 Comments
Don’t be fooled by the cultural tendency to lead a sedentary, Starbucks-filled life (as much as I love Starbucks), striving towards beach vacations and massages.
Same-Sex \”Marriage\” and the Catholic Psychologist
Marsh Fightlin
June 3, AD2013
24 Comments
The State of Minnesota recently passed a law abolishing the commonly accepted definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, and replaced it
Bill, We Will Miss You!
H. L. Duncan
May 27, AD2013
23 Comments
The recent effort in Nevada to put into law a bill that would provide the same level of protection for religious freedom that the people
How To Do Good on the Internet
Sherry Antonetti
May 26, AD2013
8 Comments
The internet is the oddest of places. Even within limited settings as say, religious forums, you can go to a favorite haunt and discover after
The Great Gatsby\’s Relevance
Abigail C. R. Gripshover
May 21, AD2013
3 Comments
The Great Gatsby, the popular American novel known for depicting the Roaring 20\’s with striking honesty, is now a major motion picture, starring the great Leonardo DiCaprio
