This paper was written in preparation for a talk at the 2006 Saint Benedict Center Conference. My talk — which was not a mere reading of the paper — is available on CD and MP3. The conference’s theme was “Catholic … Continue reading
This paper was written in preparation for a talk at the 2006 Saint Benedict Center Conference. My talk — which was not a mere reading of the paper — is available on CD and MP3. The conference’s theme was “Catholic … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: Prayerbooks, rosaries, and pro-life pamphlets are a common sight outside Planned Parenthood’s massive facility in downtown Denver, but this year, local organizers of this spring’s Forty Days for Life campaign decided that one last piece was missing to bring … Continue reading
Sandro Magister Chiesa OnLine: The seven years of pontificate that Benedict XVI will mark tomorrow are associated, in common opinion, with the general decline of the Church. But this opinion is nurtured by a view restricted to the Christianity of … Continue reading
The 2012 annual Pilgrimage for Restoration is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, September 28-30. This will mark the seventeenth time that a merry band of Catholic pilgrims cuts a path from Lake George to Auriesville, New York, doing penance all the way. This … Continue reading
Brian Caulfield has a inspiring tribute on his “Headline Bistro” to Rick Eckstein, batting coach for the Washington Nationals. Here’s a clip: The name Eckstein will be familiar to baseball fans who remember David, the veteran infielder who has played … Continue reading
Victim of Pakistan’s anti-blasphemy law, this poor, devout woman languishes for two years now in a windowless cell. Sentenced to death, her case is currently under appeal. French journalist, Anne-Isabelle Tollett, has interviewed her and has now finished a book … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A study conducted by researchers at the University of Warwick in England found that the suicide rate is 74% higher in nations where 85% or more of the population is Protestant than in nations where 85% or more … Continue reading
“From what we know of his life and work Shahbaz Bhatti appears to have been a true man of God, who led a life of heroic virtue,” the Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh told Aid to the Church in … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Warning that the Church is being “despoiled of her institutions” as “freedom of conscience and of religion become a memory from a happier past,” Cardinal Francis George of Chicago observes that “the Catholic Church in the United States … Continue reading
LifeSiteNews: “The vote of the Christian faithful must assume a moral responsibility,” Rivera states. “That is to say, it must be consistent with the dictates of their conscience and of their faith, and cannot be separated from their political choices, … Continue reading
Zenit: “In today’s social context, families with many children are a witness of faith, of courage and of optimism, for without children there is no future,” he said. Read more here.
CNA: Catholic leaders of both religious and secular businesses across the country are denouncing the Obama administration’s contraception mandate for forcing a moral dilemma on them and negatively impacting their companies. Jonathan Reyes, president of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese … Continue reading
National Catholic Register’s Joan Frawley Desmond: Steve Mosher was a rising Stanford University social researcher, schooled in the academy’s received wisdom on matters like abortion and the “right to choose,” when he was suddenly thrown off course. Read full article … Continue reading
From A Reluctant Sinner’s Blog: It was really wonderful to read in the Catholic Herald last Friday that the former international and premiership footballer, Philip Mulryne, is currently discerning a vocation to the priesthood at the Pontifical Irish College in … Continue reading
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