Last week Rhode Island legalized same-sex “marriage” adding to an increasing list of states permitting homosexual couples to “marry”. In signing the bill, Gov. Lincoln
Here’s a thought piece for anyone who fears that religion is irrelevant now that it has been superseded by science. I am going to suggest
Several liberal Catholic journalists—notably Melinda Henneberger of the Washington Post and Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter —are openly wrestling with the arbitrary
If you\’ve read my thoughts on evangelization and cheese, you might not be surprised when I say that evangelistic efforts can\’t lack quality. Regardless of
I\’m not a conspiracy theorist. What I mean by that is that I generally don\’t go for complicated explanations when often the simplest ones will
Last week, my country New Zealand became the thirteenth country in the world to redefine marriage and allow same-sex marriage to be legally recognised. This
For those who think the world has gone mad, remember this is not our first rodeo. Sanity has only been with us in bits and
Most people born in a land flowing with milk and honey (like my husband and children) rarely understand how people struggle to survive in another
I confess to you, my online brothers and sisters, that I have repeatedly compared my life to that of other bloggers. I have concluded my
Back in New York over Easter weekend I did a double take as a news scroll went past during the evening news: NYC releases sex
DO I REALLY WANT TO BE A HYPOCRITE? As a young Protestant my last experience of actually “worshipping” in a church (outside of funerals, weddings,
In reading the various news bits over the past few weeks, I noticed a trend — an assertion born of certitude and used to justify
I’ve heard several priests talk about the phenomenon of going to mass at different parishes each Sunday, depending on which mass times are more convenient.
“Be nice.” “That’s not nice.” “Wouldn’t it be nice if people would just get along?” Nice is almost as hard to define as the notoriously
Dear Parents Who Haven’t Baptized Their Children, I’ve been speaking to your parent/grandparent/relative/friend over the past few weeks in the lead up to, and at,
In keeping with Oscar season, for those who follow that sorta thing, I’ll begin with a quote from famed actor Max Von Sydow who once
If we listen to the world which tells us that in order to be good Christians we must be “tolerant” of others no matter what
In my job caring for women and families during pregnancy loss and infant death, about 90% of what I do is communication. I enter a
Pope Benedict XVI\’s resignation has elicited a lot of reflection and commentary on the legacy of his pontificate on the Church as well as the
Photo by HL Duncan – Walk For Life West Coast 2012 BACKGROUND FOR AN INTERESTING STORY I attended the 2013 West Coast Walk for Life
The other day while walking my dogs, my mind played with a popular way of saying things as in: Forty is the new thirty. Or
The Church\’s deepest identity and reason for existence is to evangelize. (See Evangelii Nuntiandi par. 14) And Jesus commanded and commisioned all of us to
