In this world that has accepted that EVERYONE goes to Heaven, that there is no right or wrong, and all actions are fine as long as they don’t “hurt” anyone, what about St. Monica? Do we believe she is a saint? Do we believe in the merit of her unceasing prayers and tears? Why was…
Some days, I just want to sit and stare off into space. Maybe imagine myself on a tropical beach somewhere, far from the Internet. Far from stories like this one, about a letter written by Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture…to “Brother Masons”: IL SOLE 24ORE Sunday, February 14, 2016 [Excerpts]…
Last week, I told you about Purdue University staff member Jamie Newman, who was alleged to have made online comments about raping the female members of a pro-life individual’s family. He was also verbally abusive towards Purdue Students for Life on their Facebook page, calling them “vile, racist idiots who richly deserve all the opprobrium that…
Pope Francis is in Mexico right now, and as is his usual motif, he’s mixing religion and politics. In her column yesterday, Barbara Simpson noted some incongruities: Pope Francis is there [in Mexico] now and will remain until Feb. 18. He’s visiting cities, talking to politicians, commiserating with the poor and celebrating Mass at shrines…
This morning, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead at a ranch he was visiting in Texas. Frankly, I’m reeling. There’s a sort of strange thing that happens when you move to the DC area. You begin to realize that the kind of people you’ve only heard about on the news or seen on TV…
When the Students for Life group at Purdue University tried to draw attention to the disproportionate number of abortions performed within the black community — tying their event into Black History Month — they received a predictably negative reaction. They responded on their Facebook page with a conciliatory explanation. In their statement, they made their intent clear: Regarding…
Yesterday, I asked for your prayers for a little boy named Isaac who had suffered inexplicable seizures four several hours and had to be heavily sedated and intubated. Yesterday, his doctors determined the culprit — viral meningitis — and began treatment. This is Isaac today: His mother writes: Friday morning update: since coming off the ventilator…
Today, we’d like to ask your prayers for some friends and supporters of OnePeterFive, Mike and Annie Norton, and their son Isaac. Annie writes: Friends and dear ones. I know that many are off FB today for Lent but asking for any and all prayers for our Isaac. [Yesterday] morning we heard a thud from…
Over at the recently re-activated (and re-named) blog, What’s Up With Francis-Church, my pal Hilary White returns to her years’ long theme, “Novusordoism Isn’t Catholicism,” with a post on where Mother Angelica went wrong when she declared war against the American Catholic establishment in 1993. She begins with a video clip of a famous episode of Mother Angelica Live!…
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. – Matthew 4:2 The Scriptures are sometimes amusing in their understatement. Perhaps one of the most obvious examples of this is when St. Matthew describes how Jesus was feeling after fasting for forty days. Think about how you feel if you have to skip…
Dear God, Will you please tell book publishers to stop publishing books about “two homes” for children of divorce? Every time I see one, I want to scream. I know those authors and publishers think they are performing a needed service, but in reality they are whitewashing an extremely painful experience that never ends. Please…
