Will Health and Human Services Really Force Catholics to Cooperate With Evil?
The Department of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration will soon require all employers to include “contraception and…
Kerry Robinson: The Church’s Classiest Woman
In my now many years of ministry one of the joys I have had is being able to meet a…
Seeing Christ in the Telemarketer
While I was in college one of my work-study jobs was to work at the phon-o-thon center where our job…
An Old Man’s Advent Dream
Deacon Bill Ditewig, one of my heroes, wrote possibly the most beautiful advent reflection I’ve read to date. Here’s a…
Dutch Church and Sexual Abuse
The Dutch Bishops apologized for failing to adequately deal with the sexual abuse of over 20,000 children in institutions since…
Muppet Inspirations
So Marion and I went to see the Muppet Movie last night after putting it off for a few weeks.…
I’ll Leave When You Do, Bishop
The Archbishop of Dublin, Ireland is urging some to walk away from the church. The Irish Independent says more: Archbishop…
Have We Become the Pharisees?
I took a random straw poll of friends asking them what are the priorities of the Catholic Church? I asked…
Have the New Translations Brought Us Closer to God?
So I’ve now been to three masses with the new translation being used. I haven’t posted much before now because…
Jesuit Martyrs in El Salvador…We Remember
When I was in College, Jesuits were martyred in El Salvador. A large number of Jesuit Presidents of colleges and…