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The Glory of the Resurrection

Mar 27 16 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

The serpent’s bite was a deadly one. The venom had worked its way deep into the heart of the entire human race, doing its gruesome work. The anti-venom was unavailable until He appeared. One drop was all that was needed, so potent was this antidote. Yet it was not like Him to be stingy. He […]

Simon of Cyrene and the Scandal of the Cross

Mar 25 16 • Fr. Gordon J. MacRae • 1 comment

And they compelled a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross (Mark 15:2). And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross to carry behind […]

“Progressives” on the Value of Life

Mar 24 16 • Mark Davis Pickup • 0 comments

Within certain media and academic circles the term “progressive” is used to describe policy makers and politicians who promote agendas typically attributed to liberal causes. It’s a curious description that is used to cast a positive light on favored or fashionable ideological perspective. Conservative views are often described with derogatory labels such as right-wing (or even […]

To Serve and Be Served

Mar 23 16 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 0 comments

The Scripture readings during the course of Holy Week offer several examples of service. On Holy Thursday, there is the beautiful image of Jesus washing the feet of his apostles (John 13:1-15). Here is the Son of God bending low to remove the dirt from his follower’s feet. He instructs his followers: “Do you realize […]

The Last Days and the Resurrection of the Dead, Part I

Mar 23 16 • Bob Kurland • 0 comments

Easter, when we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, will soon be upon us, so it is appropriate to reflect on that resurrection and on the one which will be given to us, as Paul said in his letter to the Corinthians. It is an article of faith for us as Catholics that we will […]

America’s Act of Contrition

Mar 21 16 • Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D. • 0 comments

The use and the abuse of apology as a political weapon, gambit, or statement has a long and varied history. It often includes a demand for a statement of sorrow and of responsibility, an “act of contrition.” Not a week goes by that some persons, group, institution, political party, or political leader requests (demands) an […]

Youmerica

Mar 21 16 • Daniel Greenfield • 1 comment

Without virtues, politics are reduced to tribal emotion and personal greed.

Abortion is Never the Answer for Pregnant Women with Zika

Mar 21 16 • Jonathan Abbamonte • 0 comments

Abortion advocates have attempted to lobby and shame pro-life Latin American countries into legalizing abortion for women who may contract the Zika virus. Although it has not been proven that Zika causes microcephaly and other congenital disabilities, pro-abortion groups have nonetheless assumed that it does. Apparently abortion activists think they know more about ZIKV than […]

An Eight-Member Court Can Work

Mar 20 16 • Dr. John A. Sparks • 0 comments

Most of its decisions will not be close.

Poem: “Some Like Poetry”

Mar 19 16 • Wislawa Szymborska • 0 comments

Some Like Poetry Some – thus not all. Not even the majority of all but the minority. Not counting schools, where one has to, and the poets themselves, there might be two people per thousand. Like – but one also likes chicken soup with noodles, one likes compliments and the color blue, one likes an […]

Yemen: ‘They Passed Out Bread and Received Gunfire’

Mar 18 16 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

The Catholic Church on the Arabian Peninsula has expressed its dismay at the indifference world opinion has shown in response to the nuns murdered in Yemen. In Aden on March 4, 2016, four nuns of the order founded by the Blessed Mother Teresa, whose work involved the care of the elderly and disabled—as well as […]

Book Review: When You Suffer

Mar 18 16 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 0 comments

In When You Suffer: Biblical Keys for Hope and Understanding (Servant Books, 2015), Jeff Cavins tackles the difficult question of why a good God allows us to suffer and what we can do to make that suffering have value in our lives. He defines suffering as anything that makes our life less than ideal, so […]

In Memoriam: Robert Struble, Jr.

Mar 16 16 • Terri Kimmel • 3 comments

Please join Catholic Lane in prayers of thanksgiving for the life of Robert (Bob) Struble, Jr., associate editor for Politics at Catholic Lane, who entered into eternal life on February 26, 2016. Today’s currency for friendship is often purely electronic. So it was with Bob and me. We knew each primarily via email and social […]

European Surrogacy Market Suffers Setback

Mar 16 16 • Christopher White • 0 comments

Yesterday, the Council of Europe rejected a report on surrogacy that proposed regulation of the practice rather than a full ban. This is excellent news for those of us who have been campaigning for so long to Stop Surrogacy Now in all forms and in all places. This comes at a time where Europe is […]

Catholic Colleges Can Discuss Abortion Without Inviting Planned Parenthood

Mar 16 16 • Adam Cassandra • 5 comments

Georgetown University has defended next month’s lecture by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards by claiming a commitment to “the free exchange of ideas.” Catholic colleges absolutely should expose students to the arguments against Catholic teaching — including those about abortion, contraception and sexuality — but an unfiltered lecture from someone who has no respect for […]

UN Human Rights Power Grab

Mar 15 16 • Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. • 0 comments

The UN abortion debate took a turn last week when one of the top human rights committees abandoned a decades-long diplomatic tactic of using linguistic ambiguity to advance a right to abortion. The committee that monitors the 1966 Convention on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued a “general comment” saying that abortion rights are […]

All Love Bears Fruit

Mar 15 16 • Karee Santos • 0 comments

Fruitfulness is one of the essential gifts of marriage. We’re all familiar with God’s words to Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth” (Gn 1:28). God’s directive to the mother and father of all humanity refers to physical fruitfulness. But Jesus in the Gospels speaks about […]

Lenten Check-Up: Don’t be Afraid to Start Again

Mar 14 16 • Sherry Antonetti • 0 comments

I remember those Lents when I kept my resolution but still failed in what I set out to do. By giving up chocolate, diet soda, the internet and social media, I emerged from those 40 days slimmer, less addicted to caffeine, and Facebook-free, yet no stronger spiritually. The Lents that drew me closer to God […]

Poem: “Live Henceforth in My Love”

Mar 14 16 • Joann Nelander • 0 comments

Live Henceforth in My Love Blessing full and overflowing Pour over me, Around me, And though and through. It is You, Who plans for me, Accomplishes this work, And I , For my part, Desire, And yield, My whole life, Loving You. ©2013 Joann Nelander

Be Present: A Suitable Place For The Lord

Mar 14 16 • Mike Eisenbath • 0 comments

My Lenten meditation and prayer this year has yielded some spiritual fruit. I am trying to work toward a renewed focus on something in my life: Be Present. It’s a simple idea. I want to pursue a life that does less looking backward to where I have been and less looking forward to where I […]

Smartly Stupid

Mar 12 16 • Daniel Greenfield • 2 comments

Genuine intelligence is threatening. Manufactured intelligence is soothing.

Patient Progress

Mar 11 16 • Sherry Antonetti • 0 comments

My son called from graduate school, somewhat discouraged. As part of his degree program, he works with ninth graders, spending his days trying to convince jaded 13 and 14 year olds to care about literature. He’s new to the field and discovering that the major struggle in teaching is not making a lesson plan, but […]

God’s Love is Extravagant

Mar 11 16 • Barb Lishko • 0 comments

There is nothing you can ever do to make God love you less. Nothing. This is very hard for us human creatures to wrap our heads around: a love so generous we can’t do anything to lessen it. Jesus came to make this point perfectly and tangibly clear through His life and death. In the […]

Proposal to “Rethink” Maternal Health Aims to Leave Mothers Behind

Mar 10 16 • Rebecca Oas Ph.D. • 0 comments

The position of maternal health as an international priority has changed a lot in the last twenty years. In 1985, leading medical journal The Lancet published an article titled “Maternal Mortality – A Neglected Tragedy: Where is the M in MCH [maternal and child health]?” Since then, maternal health became a major topic of global […]