American Catholics who voted pro-life in the last Presidential election may have found themselves doing a double-take this month. Our President, widely considered a pro-life
A Bible verse is appropriate for our times right now. Psalm 146:3 says, “Put no trust in princes, in children of Adam powerless to save.”
Dear readers, We have a clear moral and political dichotomy in America and throughout the western world. The political left is replete with politicians who
The upcoming elections rhetoric is highlighting the divide over abortion in our country. There are three basic positions on this issue: it should always be
What we’ve been calling “culture wars” would be more appropriately called “moral wars,” except that morality is a verbal stink bomb. It reminds me of
I just filed my income taxes. This always brings to mind the trap about taxes that the Pharisees tried to set for Jesus (Mark 12:13-17).
Nothing seems to go right for God-fearing people today. Unexpected sudden deaths, huge financial debt, fascist riots in the streets by “woke” American terrorists, runaway inflation,
In “Truth, Unrealism, and the Danger of Skepticism,” I argued that Cartesian skepticism poses a threat not only to science but also to knowledge through
Postmodern America’s true religion is ideology. By that, I mean we expect our churches to either give full-throated approval to our political beliefs or remain
Here’s a phrase you’ve certainly heard, in one form or another, “We have a God-sized hole in our heart. If we don’t fill it with
As the United States enters the election season, it can be hard for American Catholics to remember that their first loyalty must be to God.
A friend recently told me that the Old Testament book that brought her back to the Catholic faith was Ecclesiastes. “What is it about?” I
The phenomenon of finding an antihero and making this person a hero is something we as humans are very inclined to do. We find examples
You may have heard about the openly homosexual Pennsylvania lawmaker who posted a video of himself trying to shame a woman saying the rosary outside
Some 242 years ago Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States of America was born. We declared our freedom from the
In today’s ideologically charged and politically polarized society terms like GOP Catholics, conservative Catholics, Catholic Democrats, and liberal Catholics are getting thrown around way too
On two separate occasions in the past six months I have been encouraged to run for office. Well, not me specifically, but me along with
Many self-styled pro-choice Catholic politicians today claim to accept the Church’s teaching against abortion. This may seem strange since the Church clearly teaches that
The following is an excerpt from Ann Casey’s book, America’s Courage of Faith. 25 June 1928 Dear Gaston, Fellow priest and brother, politics, politics and the
The contentious nature of the 2016 political season exposed a division so wide as to have literally split our nation in two. Even the
The 2016 presidential election seems to be presenting many Catholics with a voting conundrum: Can a Catholic in good conscience vote for either candidate? If
For many of us, the national election continues to be problematic. While reservations concerning Trump remain, Hillary will be the demise of any hope we have
