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Egypt – Christian Experience the Worst in Centuries

According to a local Coptic leader in Egypt, “Christians are currently experiencing their worst time in recent centuries.” This statement was made by the Coptic Orthodox Bishop Stephanos of Beba and Elfashn to international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). As he described, Christians are being violently killed under the eyes […]

From Scrupulosity to <em>Lutherosity</em>, Part 2

From Scrupulosity to Lutherosity, Part 2

Nov 1 11 • Trent Beattie • 0 comments

Contrary to Luther’s misconception (see Part 1 ), humility is in reality wise, while pride is foolish. St Alphonsus tells us that “no fool esteems himself foolish, but his folly consists in being a fool without knowing it.” Luther was so foolish that his own pride appeared to him as wisdom. Luther seemed to go […]

Welcoming the New Mass for Human Life

Nov 1 11 • Fr. Frank Pavone • 0 comments

With the start of Advent, Catholics begin using a new translation of the Mass. Along with this there are two brand new texts for a Mass “For Giving Thanks to God for the Gift of Human Life.” This is the result of a long process that actually started with Cardinal John O’Connor of New York […]

Dad Behind Viral ‘I am the 10%’ Down Syndrome Image Speaks Out

Nov 1 11 • John Jalsevac • 0 comments

In the past week a powerful pro-life photo featuring a child with Down syndrome has started circulating around Facebook. The image shows the smiling child holding a sign declaring that he is the “10%” of children with Down syndrome who managed to survive abortion after Roe v. Wade. “I am God’s handiwork and I bear […]

Poem: “Pierre’s Pockets”

Nov 1 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Pierre’s Pockets The beginning of Wisdom Is Fear of the Lord, So Wisdom with age? I’ve seen no accord. So you’ve lived many decades Seen the world more than twice. But what have you learned? That sinners are nice? That sinners eat And sinners drink And sinners read And sinners think! And sinners have Sincere […]

The Call to Live Transformed Lives as Catholic Men

Oct 31 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 0 comments

For I am not ashamed of the gospel. It is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek. For in it is revealed the righteousness of God from faith to faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous by faith will live.” The wrath […]

Mother <em>AND</em> Teacher: The Church, Financial Reform, and Realism

Mother AND Teacher: The Church, Financial Reform, and Realism

Oct 31 11 • John Médaille • 0 comments

It has occurred to me that Europe doesn’t give a damn if Greece goes down. The EU concern is not for Greece, but for all the banks that lent all those Euros to Athens and now stand to lose them. The cradle of Western Civilization is expendable, but the vaults of the bankers must be […]

The Occupy Movement: A Report from Occupy Seattle, Part 2

Oct 31 11 • Robert Struble, Jr. • 8 comments

What does Occupy Wall Street want? Last week GOP Presidential candidate, Herman Cain stated, “nobody knows what their cause is. How are you going to assist them with a cause when you don’t know what the cause is?” Well, I’m not sure about the representativeness of the signs carried at camp-outs and marches during Occupy […]

The Arab Spring is Not Your (Founding) Father’s Democracy

Oct 31 11 • Raymond Ibrahim • 4 comments

What a myopic view the Western media and its array of “experts” have concerning the so-called “Arab Spring” — a myopia that naturally metastasizes among the general public. Consider the Libyan crisis. As usual, the focus is entirely on the individual, on the tangible — the now dead Gaddafi — whom all the blame can […]

From Scrupulosity to <em>Lutherosity</em>, Part 1

From Scrupulosity to Lutherosity, Part 1

Oct 31 11 • Trent Beattie • 6 comments

Many people admire Martin Luther (1483-1546) for his defiance of Church authority in the name of religious freedom. The idea is that Luther stood up to overbearing Church leaders who were no more than pagans in disguise. Luther freed us from unlawful intrusion in the area of conscience, which is supposed to be left to […]

The Fighting Nun in Rome and the Pope Pius XII Museum

Oct 31 11 • Dr. Robert Moynihan • 2 comments

I was privileged this afternoon [written October 26] to spend time with Sister Margherita Marchione, the so-called “fighting nun,” who has spent 50 years battling to defend the truth about the life and activity of Pope Pius XII, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, during the time of the Second World War. Sister Margherita, who […]

Poem: “All Hallow’s Eve”

Oct 31 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

ALL HALLOW’S EVE On All Hallow’s Eve Doth blow the leave Bare branches Bend down to the ground. Children believe And simply conceive There’s evil And it’s all around. So pumpkins all lit Trick or treat just a bit All costumed they Go through the town. They face with much wit Tell jokes that do […]

Love Notes: A Catechesis for Marriage on the Brink

Oct 31 11 • Lisa Mladinich • 0 comments

The king of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine forever. -From “The King of Love my Shepherd Is” by Henry Williams Baker Marriage is an image of Christ and His bride, the Church. It is a sanctuary for love, for the bringing […]

Thy Brother’s Keeper: Why Wrongful Convictions Should Matter to You

Oct 30 11 • Fr. Gordon J. MacRae • 2 comments

The United States has 5 percent of the world’s population, but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners – and clear evidence of a wrongful conviction problem. No one can watch the Oscar-winning 1993 film, The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, without rooting for Dr. Richard Kimball. We empathize with this skilled surgeon […]

Ghost Season

Oct 30 11 • Michael Baruzzini • 1 comment

I do not see ghosts; I only see their inherent probability – G. K. Chesterton. This is the season of ghosts. Halloween has been co-opted as a secular holiday, poised to overtake Christmas in terms of commercial sales, and distorted in many cases into a grotesque and diabolical celebration of the macabre and ugly. While […]

Poem: “October Feast Day”

Oct 30 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

October Feast Day In the gold mouth Of the morning I knead the bread From wheat. Mix broccoli, bacon In wooden bowl Add raisins Sugared sweet. A Burgundy wine From His own grape Marinating beef Will seep. Then later boil Egg noodles, white Pile in a Buttered heap. Chocolate cake Oh what a gift Miraculous […]

Lord’s Resistance Army Continues Terrorizing North-western Congo

Oct 29 11 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

“The Lord’s Resistance Army continues to terrorize the population. People are afraid.” This was the declaration of a local Catholic leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rt. Rev. Julien Andavo Mbia, Bishop of Isiro-Niangara, described the dire situation of his countrymen and -women in the north-western region of the Democratic Republic of the […]

Parenting Problems: What’s Wrong with Changing Thomas into “Tammy”?

Oct 29 11 • Steve Pokorny • 0 comments

What comes to mind when you hear the word “parenting?” Perhaps being attentive, nurturing, caring, loving and wanting what’s best for a child. But what happens when parents’ good intentions go awry? Take the case of Thomas Lobel: Thomas was adopted by same-sex couple Pauline Moreno and Debra Lobel when he was 2 years old.[1] […]

Occupy in Our Hearts and Minds

Oct 29 11 • Margaret Mary Myers • 2 comments

I wish, as I first read the article by Marybeth Hicks, “Some Belated Parental Advice to Protestors”, that I had stayed calm long enough to read the blurb after the article and to realize that it was actually written for the Washington Times, not for a Catholic publication. I only realized this when I read James […]

The Mystery of Faith

Oct 29 11 • Philip Primeau • 5 comments

Many Christians portray salvation as a simple affair: We are saved, they declare, by faith alone. The all-important role of faith is indeed Scriptural. It was emphasized especially by Saint Paul: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation for everyone that believes; to […]

Wall Street, the Mob, and the French Connection

Oct 29 11 • Dr. Marvin Folkertsma • 0 comments

In “The Wild One,” Marlin Brando plays Johnny, a leather-jacketed vagabond sporting a black-brim hat perched on his head at a rakish angle, below which lurk piercing dark eyes and a sneer of contempt in answer to the question, “What are you rebelling against?” Brando states simply, “Whaddaya got?” An answer like this was provided […]

The Pharisees’ Pride

Oct 29 11 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

A hundred and fifty years before Christ, they were the good guys. The Greeks were in charge and decided that, if they were to unify their kingdom politically, they needed to unify it religiously. So they imposed Greek ways on the Jews, including worshiping idols and eating pork. You can read about the Jew’s military […]

Government Greed Needs an ‘Occupation’ Too

Oct 29 11 • Ray Nothstine • 1 comment

When it comes to political crookedness and graft, Louisiana is infamous. The New York Times just profiled Edwin Edwards, whose reputation earned him the nickname “Fast Eddie.” The former governor of the Pelican State recently released after a 10-year prison sentence for racketeering naturally wants back in the political ring. A resident displayed the love […]

Poem: “Man’s Best Friend”

Oct 29 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Man’s Best Friend …for Octoberfest A man’s best friend If you please Is not a dog But cheddar cheese. A cheese whose taste Runs sharp or mellow Why cheese with beer Can help a fellow And make him look Like a handsome hunk When he passes some To a girl that’s drunk In the local […]