Where Are Young Adults Found in the Greatest Numbers?
The answer is a simple and obvious one, but we’d probably not think of this immediately. The answer is in the Military. (#2 is prison, BTW) Tomorrow I head to…
Mormons: Kinda Weird, Kinda Not
Any chance you caught the Tony Awards and this performance from the Best Play, Book of Mormon? I like that they poke fun at the Mormons here while continuing to…
Haiti’s Only Earthquake Engineer
As we think about some of the huge tragic events of the past few years, events that will have lasting traumatic effects on this generation of college students, Haiti’s earthquake…
If It’s the Rapture…
I’m growing weary of the prognosticators who are claiming that they just know with all out certainty that doomsday is going to fall on May 21, 2011. But guess what?…
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Speaking for ALL Human Life
The always brilliant Br. Dan Horan, OFM has an excellent piece today on the Boehner situation. He defends the Catholic Theologians against those who claim that they are simply a…
What Should Have Happened When President Obama Went to Notre Dame
Theologians across the Catholic spectrum have fired a salvo at Speaker of the House, John Boehner saying the Republican-supported budget he shepherded through the House of Representatives will hurt the…
Pray for Our Enemies
From today’s NY Post: A Catholic church in Ireland has provoked outrage among its parishioners after announcing plans for a Mass to pray for the “soul” of Osama bin Laden.…
So Just Who the Hell is in Hell Anyway?
Most would find it unbelievable that the Catholic Church has never definitively claimed that anyone is in hell. Not Judas, Not Hitler, Not Stalin, Not Bin Laden. Now that also…
Op-Ed: Buffalo News: Can we find it in ourselves to forgive bin Laden?
The Buffalo News published an op-ed I wrote regarding the death of bin Laden. Same notes, different key…based on the last few days of material. Upon hearing of Osama bin…
Hello Dalai
The Dalai Lama weighed in on Osama Bin Laden and the possibility of forgiveness today. As a human being, Bin Laden may have deserved compassion and even forgiveness, the Dalai…