
“She who faces death by torture for each life beneath her breast…”
Well, these days that is rather less likely than when Kipling wrote it. In the US in 2009 there were fewer than a thousand deaths,

Well, these days that is rather less likely than when Kipling wrote it. In the US in 2009 there were fewer than a thousand deaths,

Momentous news this morning—Pope Benedict XVI announced that he is resigning as of February 28, 2013. It’s the first time in nearly 600 years that

With the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI\’s resignation, this image was being shown on the ABC Special Reports. What struck me most, aside from

[A non Christian asked me unabashedly about Christianity in this way: “What’s in it for me?” More on that here. I wrote the following in response. My

There is a report just in that Pope Benedict is resigning on February 28. VATICAN CITY) — Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he

I’ve been paging through Hillary Clinton’s It Takes a Village, and, to my surprise, agreeing with much of it. I’ve heard so many of my

Back in the 1970s, psychologists thought that the effects of divorce on children were minimal and temporary. It was assumed that, if the divorce was

Feel like ranting? Feel like complaining how hard life is? Feel like rambling about how people don\’t understand you? Feel like tearing up because people

NPR recently covered a kerfuffle going on in Utah. It seems that an intolerant guy named Derek Monson suggested in an article that the State of Utah

(First in a four-part series) Jesus cautions us about going into battle against a better-armed opponent, and again about starting to build a house which

Early last week, I had a rough day. I was tired of commuting, tired of working, tired of constantly feeling like I couldn\’t keep up

For my first post at Catholic Stand, I will introduce you to a combination of two things you may not be accustom to seeing together:

Kurt Schlicter wrote a post on Breitbart\’s Big Hollywood blog where he challenges conservatives to suck it up and watch Lena Dunham\’s HBO program, Girls.

The short answer is yes. Non-Catholics and non-Christians can be saved. The Catechism of the Catholic Church sums it up this way: 1260 Every man

With the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade having just passed, Catholics have (rightly) been focusing quite a bit lately on the subject of life.

Photo by HL Duncan – Walk For Life West Coast 2012 BACKGROUND FOR AN INTERESTING STORY I attended the 2013 West Coast Walk for Life

(First of all, thank you to Stacy, Chelsea & Tito for inviting me to be part of CatholicStand. I\’m honored and humbled to be included

I have one teen-aged daughter who would love to be a cynic, but is wise enough to know she shouldn\’t be. Occasionally though, she has

Most of us love a good mystery. PBS has issued “spoiler alerts” this week for their popular series Downtown Abbey. The younger generation has taken

I was born in the late 1980s. I\’m too young for wars, civil right movements and the Age of Aquarius. The Cold War and the

Simply put, I want to show how to help others find faith by watching movies. \”Wait!\” I hear you say. \”Not with the movies so

So you walk into your office and there is a yellow post-it slip that informs you to see the boss as soon as possible. You