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Let’s Practice the New Penitential Rite

A few years ago, our pastor talked to us during homily about receiving the Eucharist reverently. He noticed that more and more receive communion than ever before with very few being conscience of the sin in their lives. Fewer are coming to confession, he said, yet are coming up for communion. Sin has taken a […]

Sudan Bishop Says Violence Will not Block Independence

Apr 7 11 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

Outbreaks of violence in key regions of South Sudan will not block the path to independence, according to a Catholic leader who has called on the government to address the “root causes” of the conflict. Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok Kur of Khartoum highlighted the “large amounts of violent incidents” in South Sudan, which is preparing […]

Libya and Rethinking Just War Theory

Apr 7 11 • Russell Shaw • 0 comments

The military intervention in Libya by the United States and NATO offers new evidence that the just war theory stands in need of rethinking. The theory is fine as far as it goes. The problem is it doesn’t go far enough. People who say the just war theory should be scrapped because modern warfare makes […]

America’s March of Folly

Apr 7 11 • Dr. Marvin Folkertsma • 2 comments

The budget deficits from the first two years of the Obama administration are of sufficient magnitude to spring Dr. “Billions and Billions” Carl Sagan from his grave. Sagan could sue for copyright infringement for misuse of astronomical numbers. On second thought, the figures now being bandied about are in the trillions, which no doubt would […]

Divine Mercy is Worth Preparing For

Apr 7 11 • Mary Kochan • 1 comment

Sometimes, when a major feast is approaching that requires a lot of preparation, it can be a bit difficult to think past it, to the preparations that are needed for what comes next. But we must not make that mistake with Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, because, as momentous as the celebration of Easter is, […]

Put All Your Sales on Your Website

Apr 6 11 • Katherine Andes • 0 comments

You should put each and every one of your sale events on your website and make them easy to spot. This may seem like a no-brainer, but it isn’t unusual for retailers to build a website and then just let it sit there unused. I have often become interested in a product from a broadcast […]

The Scoop on Holy Mass

Apr 6 11 • Louie Verrecchio • 3 comments

A couple of weeks ago a family friend (we’ll call him John) took me by surprise with an unexpected question, “Do you mind if I go to church with you on Sunday?” Mind? Are you kidding me, I thought. I was thrilled! Then came the next question — one that was entirely predictable but ended up […]

Lent, A Time to Give from the Heart

Apr 6 11 • Maurice Blumberg • 0 comments

Editors Note: The four previous article spoke of Lent as a time to “open wide our hearts to Christ”, a time “to listen to God’s voice”, a time “to repent in words and actions” and a time to “pray for miracles.” In works of charity one offers fine flour, and when he gives alms he presents his […]

Islamists on Welfare: Paid to Plot the West’s Demise

Apr 6 11 • Kathy Shaidle • 1 comment

In 2008, the Toronto Sun reported that “hundreds of [Greater Toronto Area] Muslim men in polygamous marriages — some with a harem of wives — are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say.” “Polygamy is a regular part of life for many […]

Compliments to You

Apr 6 11 • Cheryl Dickow • 1 comment

All the women I know fall into one of two categories: those who can graciously accept a compliment and those who would rather grout tile than graciously accept a compliment. And, of the women I know, there are really only about three who would be able to graciously accept a compliment. That means that pretty […]

San Paolo Fuori le Mura

Apr 6 11 • Mountain Butorac • 0 comments

Today we travel outside the walls (Fuori le Mura) of Rome to visit the Basilica of Saint Paul. This is one of the four major basilicas of Rome. Now known as a papal basilica, this was known as the patriarchal basilica associated with the ancient see of Alexandria. You may recall we visited another former […]

Who is to Blame for Koran Burning Protest Deaths?

Apr 6 11 • Daniel Pipes • 25 comments

When Pastor Terry Jones, 59, announced an intent to burn a Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 in 2010, the U.S. government, fearing attacks on American troops abroad, put intense pressure on him to desist and eventually he called off his plans. Jones, however, did not cancel the ceremonial judgment of the Islamic scripture – […]

Federal Judge Vindicates Released Time for Credit in Spartanburg, S.C.

Apr 5 11 • The Becket Fund • 0 comments

Today a federal judge ruled that Spartanburg County School District No. 7 did not violate the Constitution by allowing students to earn elective credit for released time courses. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Herlong issued an emphatically worded order in Freedom of Religion Foundation v. Spartanburg County School District No. 7, holding that the District’s […]

The Cross — A Good Sign

Apr 5 11 • Agnes M. Penny • 0 comments

The other day, my three-year-old son observed, “Churches have crosses on them.” I looked up, surprised at the connection he had made. Daringly, I decided to push my luck and asked him, “Why do churches have crosses on them?” Astonished, I heard his answer: “Because it’s a sign. It’s a good sign.” I was partly […]

Exploitation: Legal Protections for Human Embryos Eroding in France

Apr 5 11 • Michael J. Miller • 0 comments

The cold weather in recent months seems to have brought a flurry of news stories about embryos. In October the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to the inventor of in vitro fertilization. In November the journal Human Reproduction published a study in which researchers at the University of Barcelona implanted silicon […]

Obama vs. the Bushes: Comparing Costs and Coalitions from Libya to Iraq

Apr 5 11 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 0 comments

The Libya situation is complicated. I envy no president stuck with the task. Among the complexities, the most daunting unknown is what’s behind the opposition. We would all like to see Moammar Gaddafi tossed to the ash-heap of history, but the rub is who, or what, would replace him. What a tragedy it would be […]

Degrading Cycle Targets Girls

Apr 5 11 • Colleen Carroll Campbell • 0 comments

The crime alone was heinous enough. According to police in Cleveland, Texas, an 11-year-old girl there was gang raped six times last fall by a total of at least 19 assailants, some of them boys, some of them ex-cons more than twice her age. Her assailants documented their attacks using cell phone videos and photos […]

Abortion Prominent in Agenda for UN Population Commission

Apr 5 11 • Samantha Singson • 0 comments

Abortion, family planning, and sexual education will be vigorously debated in the upcoming UN Commission on Population and Development. The theme of this year’s commission is “Fertility, Reproductive Health and Development.” The initial draft of this year’s outcome document was released last week and as expected, the text is rife with references to sexual and […]

Thermonuclear Budget Politics

Apr 5 11 • G. Tracy Mehan, III • 0 comments

While the battle over the 2011 budget and serial CRs (continuing resolutions) has been noisy, the amount of real money actually cut and to be cut from the federal budget is modest relative to its engorgement since 2008. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, a Nobel Prize winner, a former Secretary of State, and a […]

Three, Two, One…You’re On! How Voice Lessons Helped a Writer do Talk Radio

Apr 5 11 • Amy Bonaccorso • 1 comment

While an editor busily pruned my first book, I traveled to Washington DC’s Studio Theatre after work each week. How exhausting it was to schlep downtown on those nights, especially when it snowed! After a 30-minute hike from the subway, I’d enter the classroom, lie down with my back touching the floor, begin breathing exercises […]

Let the Youth Teach Us about Pro-life

Apr 4 11 • Fr. Frank Pavone • 0 comments

I often point out that our youth are not simply the “future leaders” of the pro-life movement. They are leaders here and now, in more ways than one. Often I am asked to speak about the role of youth in the pro-life movement, and to encourage parishes and pro-life organizations to focus more on recruiting […]

The Sinners Will Stumble

Apr 4 11 • Marge Fenelon • 2 comments

Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is prudent know them. Straight are the paths of the LORD, in them the just walk, but sinners stumble in them. (Hos 14:10) This passage from Hosea reminds me of a lesson my dad taught me when I was in my early teens. I […]

Winning the Parent Lottery: An Interview with Fraser Heston, Son of Charlton Heston

Apr 4 11 • Peggy Bowes • 1 comment

Fraser Clarke Heston is the son of the late actor Charlton Heston and his wife of over 60 years, Lydia Clarke. Fraser directed his Oscar-winning dad in several films, including the recently released DVD set, Charlton Heston Presents The Bible. Fraser also played the role of baby Moses in The Ten Commandments. I recently spoke […]

Halfway Through Lent

Apr 4 11 • Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula • 0 comments

The time of Lent is an occasion that the Lord has given us to deepen our Faith. This weekend we arrive upon the fourth Sunday of Lent, also called Laetare Sunday, and the middle of this Holy Season. It is called Laetare Sunday because in the midst of the austerities of Lent we are called […]