The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
As children grow, they develop best when surrounded with trustworthy, loving guidance. For St. Therese, God existed at the center of her being as the
This week, my state passed a bill which would require Medicaid to pay for abortions. Taxpayers in Maine will now be funding Planned Parenthood. We’re
I grew up in a nominally Catholic home; one in which I was forced to go to church about 49 or 50 Sundays of every
But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God. (John 3:21) These words
Off the Shelf 126 – Deacon Greg Kandra Tired of living the rat race and not making enough time for prayer? Think squeezing time into
The Church’s teaching that we must have both trust in God and “fear of the Lord” seems contradictory at first glance. Recently, reflections from an
It’s a pretty bleak scene on Calvary. Of the twelve apostles, the first twelve men ordained priests the night before, one hanged himself as Jesus
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has something to say about immigration, not because it is a hot political topic, but because it is a
White nationalism and postmodernism constitute a kind of yang and yin in Western politics. Where the latter has fed for many years the worldview of
Social media’s grasp on reality constantly inundates our youth with images and material that create confusion. This concerted effort breaks down and destroys their innocence,
Recently people have been questioning me about the confusion swirling all around us. How are we to handle the confusion? What exactly should we do?
Scripture study. It’s something we Catholics are often accused of not doing. Our Protestant brothers and sisters sometimes even claim we do not even read
It is natural to dwell on our own suffering, but in the Fifteen St. Bridget Prayers, our attention is focused on the suffering of our
I just received a devastating email from a one-time fan to say that in my most recent article, ‘some of the stuff’, I wrote in
How many times have we all been in conversation with a person, when, out of the blue, he makes a popular“Gotcha” Statement (PGS) that is
Wrath — an old-fashioned word, today almost used only in reference to God’s anger and in “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, from which novelist John
Off the Shelf 125 – Father James T. Murphy Don’t know much about the Cristero War? There’s a book for that! Join Msgr. James T.
Eastertide is a time to listen. I was blessed to spend Easter in one of the most gorgeous places on Earth: the northern coast of
The Patrick Coffin Show podcast features weekly interviews with A-list influencers and outliers in the effort to recover the Judeo-Christian roots of the culture. Patrick
Actress Alyssa Milano ignited social media with a tweet last Friday night calling for women to return to chastity. Although her nonsectarian phrase is “sex-strike,”
To my mind, the hardest evangelical question to answer is, “Why should I join the Catholic Church?” This question would not be quite as difficult
