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The Moment of Choice: Recognizing Human Dignity in Difficult Circumstances

Oct 14 13 • Fr. Shenan J. Boquet • 0 comments

In every country, at this very moment, women who have become pregnant — either because of decisions they made or as victims of assault through no fault of their own — are faced with making the choice of life or death for their child. Some of these women are financially stable, some are in financial […]

Government Shuts Down Catholic Services on Navy Base

Oct 14 13 • Thomas More Law Center • 6 comments

In the wake of the government shutdown, despite provisions in the Pay Our Military Act, Catholics at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia are being denied religious services. The Catholic priest who serves this community has been prohibited from even volunteering to celebrate Holy Mass without pay, and was told that if he violated […]

Transgendering Children

Oct 14 13 • Dr. Gerard Nadal • 0 comments

Groucho Marx used to tell of a man who went to see a psychiatrist: So you see, doctor, the problem is that my brother thinks he’s a chicken. Well, have you told him he’s not a chicken? No. Why not? Because we need the eggs! As the implosion of Western Civilization accelerates, the once unthinkable […]

Poem: “A Corymbus For Autumn”

Oct 14 13 • Francis Thompson • 0 comments

A Corymbus For Autumn Hearken my chant, ’tis As a Bacchante’s, A grape-spurt, a vine-splash, a tossed tress, flown vaunt ’tis! Suffer my singing, Gipsy of Seasons, ere thou go winging; Ere Winter throws His slaking snows In thy feasting-flagon’s impurpurate glows! The sopped sun–toper as ever drank hard – Stares foolish, hazed, Rubicund, dazed, […]

A Mother’s Blessing

Oct 14 13 • Mary Rose Bacani Valenti • 1 comment

Five years ago, I stepped into a room to cover a news story for work. I was flustered because I was almost late getting there. I’m only going to be interviewing children, I thought to myself. It shouldn’t be a big deal. The session began. Fifteen children sat in a circle, an adult with them. […]

SSA: Say What?

Oct 13 13 • E. L. Core • 1 comment

Who’s zooming whom?

Is Christian Education an Oxymoron?

Oct 12 13 • Ken Connor • 2 comments

Today in many intellectual circles, Christians are viewed with condescension and derision. We are seen as naïve simpletons who lack the courage to accept the world at face value. We insist on weaving elaborate theologies and worshiping a God who is invisible because we are too weak to cope with the fact that existence is […]

Poem: “Rather, I Wish to Blend”

Oct 11 13 • L. Lapiz • 0 comments

Rather, I wish to Blend Father of Heaven and earth, hear my cry. Let my words come to you pure, Not tarnished by selfish desires, Rather, pure of purpose and need. Let me cry out to you, my God, Of the needs in this simple life. Let my voice be heard. Let my needs be […]

The Ways of God for Fathers – Introduction

Oct 11 13 • James Curley • 0 comments

Some years ago a group of men from my parish were providing escorts and security for an all-night Eucharistic Adoration vigil for life. I drew one of the wee hours. My relief didn’t show up, so I stayed on for some more hours. I brought with me a little book: The Ways of God by […]

On Unemployed Youth and Forgotten Elderly

Oct 11 13 • Terry McDermott • 3 comments

There’s a great line in the book: Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know, by Diane Moczar. In writing about the downfall of Rome, she quotes an historian’s description of the Roman Empire before its demise: “a terrifying sluggishness of the whole population.” For me, this phrase denotes aimlessness, a lack of motivation and initiative, a […]

Time to Step Up? Two Americas, One Future: The Choice is Yours

Oct 10 13 • Luke Hamilton • 8 comments

To which America do you belong?

Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, January 16, 2010

Will Another Presidential Bifurcation Be Coming Our Way?

Oct 10 13 • E. L. Core • 2 comments

“Personal approval” vs. “Job approval”?

How to Stay Chaste: 10 Tips for Couples

Oct 10 13 • Meg Hunter-Kilmer • 10 comments

It’s all well and good for a single gal to tell y’all to be good, but when you’re really in love things can get hard. After last week’s post on chastity, some of you might be wondering how on earth people do it. From what I’ve gathered, it generally involves more than just a strong […]

Does IVF Cause More Cancer in Children or Not?

Oct 10 13 • Jennifer Lahl • 1 comment

The short answer is we don’t know. But another news story is out on a study that raises more questions than it answers regarding the harm to children born via IVF. From the story: Children born as a result of IVF are a third more likely to get cancer, a major study found. Scientists said […]

Everyone Who Asks, Receives

Oct 10 13 • Thomas Colyandro, MA, MDiv • 3 comments

God is generous beyond our imagination: not only in the general sense of creating the universe, giving us life, and offering us the gift of faith, but also in the specific sense of making specific promises to specific people. To understand this, just look at the following passage from the Old Testament. You shall therefore […]

What the Rite of Baptism Tells Us About Limbo

Oct 9 13 • Deacon Jim Russell • 24 comments

As the father of eleven who also knows the heartache of miscarriage, I was moved by a recent post by blogger Stacy Trasancos titled “The Spiritual Abortion Called Limbo,” exhorting even those who accept the longstanding theological opinion of the “limbo of the infants” to please pray for those innocent young souls who die before […]

Teach Your Children Something Useless

Oct 9 13 • Connie Rossini • 0 comments

Every once in a while, educational fads turn toward “back to basics.” Schools emphasize necessary and useful subjects–meaning, useful for getting a job. Math, reading, and science take center stage. Other subjects get cut. In fact, one of the biggest criticisms of the new Common Core Standards is its utilitarian, vocational perspective on education. In […]

Woman Legally Euthanized in Belgium Over Depression After Sex Change

Oct 9 13 • Kirsten Anderson • 1 comment

A 44-year-old Belgian woman struggling with gender confusion has been legally euthanized after her sex change procedure was botched, resulting in physical deformities she said made her look like “a monster.” Nancy Verhelst was killed last Monday by the same team of doctors who euthanized Marc and Eddy Verbessem, 45-year-old deaf twins who asked to […]

A Mass-Centered Way to Talk About the Eucharist

Oct 9 13 • David Gray • 0 comments

A great opportunity to share the faith with both fallen away Catholics and with non-Catholics is to talk about that one central thing that distinguishes the Catholic Church apart from all other religions of the world.

Tabb’s Poetry XXXIII

Oct 9 13 • John B. Tabb • 0 comments

Five poems by John B. Tabb.

The Defusing of Brazil’s Sexual Rights Activists

Oct 8 13 • Wendy Wright • 0 comments

Inevitable. So we are told. Abortion and sexual rights (like same-sex marriage) will become universally accepted, so opponents might as well surrender. Not so fast. Take a look at what is happening in Brazil. Brazil presented itself as a world leader on sexual rights in 2003 when it introduced a UN resolution on sexual orientation […]

Being a Contemplative in the World

Oct 8 13 • Mike Eisenbath • 0 comments

Sometimes, I find myself aspiring to be a “contemplative.” But looking at the long and somewhat complex definition in the Catholic Encyclopedia, I wonder if that really is possible for those of us who have to live “in the world.” I won’t bother you with much of that entry in the encyclopedia. Suffice to say […]

Pope Francis: Ongoing Fallout (Part II)

Oct 8 13 • Dr. Gerard Nadal • 1 comment

Pope Francis: Rupture vs. Change Pope Francis: Ongoing Fallout (Part I) Building on what has been said in the first two posts, we continue with the fallout from the pope’s interview with atheist publisher Eugenio Scalfari. If the pope’s refusal to take the bait on preaching specific moral norms didn’t make many tear their hair out in […]

Technology as Savior

Oct 8 13 • Rebecca Taylor • 1 comment

I worry for young people these days. I know every generation says that about the one that follows, but today’s youth may face a world where simply being human won’t be good enough. Augmentation may be required to participate in society. A cyber-brain here, a bionic limb there with some genetic engineering and a few […]

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