Efforts at living an upright, godly life and following the rules don’t always make life easy. We will inevitably encounter those who don’t appreciate compliance
This is a continuation of my rebuttal to the article “10 Beliefs Christians Have that Really Mess Us Up.” You can read Part I here.
As the Extraordinary Form of the Mass progressed the priest started to intone the Gospel. He spoke in Latin, reading from the Gospel situated on
A few days ago, a friend sent me an article titled, “10 Beliefs Christians Have That Really Mess Us Up.” I read through the article
Growing up, I looked up to the saints as the ideal role models. If I wanted to explore or learn about new places, stories of
It might be premature to announce that we\’ve hit rock bottom, but how much lower can we go? We have become a nation of addicts
It’s time. I’ve put off writing this for a while, but the time has come. In the past few months, I’ve noticed an increase in
According to some of the commenters on Dr. Kaczor\’s post “Does the Catholic Church Hate Women?” at Strange Notions, I\’m just an oppressed victim of
Teach me, LORD, your way that I may walk in your truth. (Ps 86:11) Sounds simple, doesn’t it? I can’t imagine any Christian looking at
A few weeks ago, a Facebook friend posted the article \”Everyone\’s a Biblical Literalist Until You Bring Up Gluttony\” by Rachel Held Evans to her
If you are like me, the first time you heard that the laity could be members of a religious order, what went through your
“Always let your conscience be your guide” (Jiminy Cricket, from the movie Pinocchio, 1940). “One of the key pastoral problems facing us is the widespread
[This article is part of a series on Catholicism and Conspiracy Theories. Do you have an example, suggestion or question you’d like me to look
[First article in a series on Catholicism and Conspiracy Theories. If you have an example, suggestion or question you’d like me to look into,
Pope Francis makes me uncomfortable. There…I said it! Somehow I think that I\’m not the only one who feels this way. Every time the Holy
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,”Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes,
…or so you’d think if you got all your information about Catholicism from blog comboxes. Not surprisingly, Pope Francis has been in the news lately.
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.
I had a conversation with my mom the other day. She was urging me to try to find a different parish, because although I love
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,
A few years ago, upon hearing of the death of the infamous Dr. Jack Kevorkian, I wrote about the importance of praying for his soul.
The Church is back in Ordinary Time on its liturgical calendar. For a lot of people (including myself) there are a lot things about the
