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Paul in the Word and the Word in Paul

Aug 19 11 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 3 comments

When Saint Paul met Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus he was about thirty years old. Paul was the son, as he testified in his own letters, of a Pharisee, who also was the son of a Pharisee. Circumcised eight days after his birth according to the Law of Moses, Paul came from a […]

Movie Review: <em>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</em>

Movie Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Aug 19 11 • Sr. Helena Burns, fsp • 2 comments

For those of us decrepit enough to remember the original* made-for-TV Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston (human) and Roddy McDowell** (ape), Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a high-tech, far cry from the DISCOUNT HALLOWEEN COSTUME STORE RUBBER-MASKED primate sci-fi drama. Rise is about Big Pharma and Big Research and Big […]

Gold’s Meteoric Rise

Aug 19 11 • Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson • 0 comments

The price of gold has gone on a tear this summer, from slightly under $1500 per ounce to well over $1800 per ounce, and it looks like it wants to go higher. What gives? Well, if you bought gold last spring, you’re looking pretty smart. And if you bought gold a decade ago at $300 […]

Consumerism in the Womb

Aug 19 11 • Judie Brown • 1 comment

It was with a heavy heart that I read a recent article in the New York Times about an expectant mother’s decision to have one of her twins killed in utero. The sadness that this entire episode evokes is compounded by the reality of how America came to a place where such a story could be […]

Will There Be Zombies? Part 1

Aug 19 11 • John Médaille • 4 comments

As we all know, the end of the world is coming soon. No, I don’t mean the eschaton, the final event in which the Son returns all things to the Father. That will be, by all accounts, a very cinematic event, full of all sorts of special effects. It will be, no doubt, very entertaining […]

Poem: “The Competition”

Aug 19 11 • Mary Harwell Sayler • 0 comments

The Competition from Genesis 29-35 I. Listen, Judah, and try to understand: for seven years, Jacob served his Uncle Laban for his cousin Rachel’s hand and thought of no one else. It was her dark hair he felt against his cheek, her lips and body shaped to his, and the nape of her neck cradled […]

In Rights Hierarchy Freedom Must Come Before Healthcare

Aug 18 11 • Mary Kochan • 0 comments

A few weeks ago I published an article entitled “Responsibility, Solidarity, and Healthcare,” its several points being: Covering routine, non-catastrophic healthcare increases costs and reduces access to healthcare in two ways a. it makes the health care cost more b. it makes insurance more costly The Catholic principle of solidarity means that we should not […]

Love of Freedom and Catholics Participating in Public Life

Aug 18 11 • Loretta Pioch • 1 comment

St. Augustine said, “In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, charity.” What an excellent summary of how to live out a love of Freedom. A love of our own freedom, and a love of the freedom of others. And this freedom is not simply “religious freedom” or “political freedom” but a freedom in […]

The High Cost of Capitulation

Aug 18 11 • Louie Verrecchio • 3 comments

Most reasonable people would agree that tossing a set of car keys to a drunkard is irresponsible even if the inebriated party manages to slur out a solemn pledge to drive carefully. That’s just common sense, right? So, what should we call a willingness to place the nation’s healthcare system in the hands of the […]

Poem: “Wizard”

Aug 18 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Wizard A coyote running for the brush Behind a screen of sun-lit leaves Ginger-ivory, blur and flash, Through the trees it bores and weaves Wizard go and find your den Dogs have traced the scent of you, Enigma of the race of men The slavish kill the feral few If they catch the mark of […]

U.N. Climate Models Flawed — Grossly Exaggerate Warming Effect

Aug 17 11 • Steven W. Mosher • 4 comments

We have all heard, ad nauseam, about the so-called “greenhouse effect.” Even little children can tell you how the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere traps heat by increasing humidity and thickening the cloud layer. Except that it doesn’t — at least to the degree that the U.N climate models have been programmed […]

We CAN Make a Difference

Aug 17 11 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 1 comment

There is a well-known story about a young man throwing starfish out into the ocean. An older man walked by and asked him what he was doing. The young man replied that he was throwing the starfish out into the ocean so that they would not die in the heat of the sun. At that, […]

Big Deal or No Big Deal?

Aug 17 11 • Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson • 0 comments

As the August 2 deadline for a debt-ceiling deal drew near, many expected a big deal that would significantly change the direction of federal fiscal policy. After weeks of tumultuous negotiations, partisan bickering, and impassioned histrionics, the agreement that finally emerged was, to put it bluntly, no big deal. Ironically, the most accurate assessment I […]

Summer Solace

Aug 17 11 • Heidi Hess Saxton • 0 comments

It happens every year: after weeks and weeks of summer break, there are times when I just can’t take one more minute of family “togetherness.” The bickering. The teasing. The incessant need to be entertained. Sometimes I let the kids out of the car at the bottom of the 500-foot driveway and make them run […]

Poem: “Circus Glitter”

Aug 17 11 • Michele Marie • 0 comments

Circus Glitter Spangles and glitter and flesh, Dazzles the eyes at the circus, Wearing red shoes and pink pearls Acting the clown to amuse us. Oh to live and to love like an artist I saw one long ago day, When I attended the circus In the darkness a gleaming ray. The music was worthy […]

Media Ignore Child Sex Abuse

Aug 16 11 • Bill Donohue • 0 comments

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: Tomorrow there will be a day-long symposium in Baltimore held by practitioners in the field of mental health who will make the case that society unfairly stigmatizes “Minor-Attracted Persons,” a.k.a. adults who are sexually attracted to kids. Run by a non-profit group, B4U-ACT, psychiatrists and others […]

Book Review: <i>Unnatural Selection</i>, Part one

Book Review: Unnatural Selection, Part one

Aug 16 11 • Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. • 0 comments

Shattering Myths About Sex Selective Abortion One night in 1978 a student in Delhi’s most prestigious obstetrics program reported for his first delivery. Just then he saw a cat bound from the hospital room with a “thing…wet with blood, mangled” in its mouth. Unfazed, the doctors and nurses went on to perform more abortions than […]

UK Riots and Malaise in the West

Aug 16 11 • Robert Struble, Jr. • 2 comments

“So while there’s nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics, and that’s what we’ve got to fix.” Thus proclaimed President Obama in his first official trip outside the beltway in a month, having been confined to Washington, D.C. to deal with the debt crisis. Two days after Obama’s speech, Texas […]

Why Women Need Back-Up Plans

Aug 16 11 • Amy Bonaccorso • 2 comments

A few days ago, I logged on to my Facebook account and saw a desperate plea for help. A husband left his wife and children. A concerned friend and Good Samaritan decided to request donations for the abandoned family. The message came soon after I talked with Joe Patch IV of Spirit & Truth Live […]

Answering the Call to Evangelization as Catholic Men

Aug 16 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 0 comments

Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And […]

Muslim Persecution of Christians: July 2011

Aug 16 11 • Raymond Ibrahim • 2 comments

Because the persecution of Christians in the Islamic world is endemic, on its way to reaching epidemic proportions, I begin with this article a new series called “This Month in Muslim Persecution of Christians,” wherein some—by no means all—of the foulest instances of persecution that surface each month will be collated and assessed. The purpose […]

World Youth Day Exhibition Highlights Christian Persecution

Aug 16 11 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

The persecution of Christians is being highlighted by an exhibition which has been organized as part of World Youth Day (WYD) 2011’s cultural program. The photographic and multimedia exhibition, “Persecuted Christians Today,” takes place in the Royal Church of Saint Jerome in Madrid from the 15th – 21st August, but a special preview was held […]

Poem: “Butterfly Effect”

Aug 16 11 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Butterfly Effect The little girl has caught the yellow swallowtail She holds it prisoner in a jar – Release it, child, release it soon Quickly, quickly It is the butterfly effect’s Epitome For when the wings have fluttered once The tides commence And when the wings have fluttered twice The ocean’s flood tide will return […]

World Youth Day 2011: Symbols Rich in Meaning

Aug 15 11 • Christina King • 0 comments

World Youth Day 2011 will be celebrated in Madrid from August 16th to 21st, 2011. The Theme for this year is: “Planted and Built Up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith”— Saint Paul What is World Youth Day? It is a great worldwide encounter with the Pope which is celebrated every three years in […]