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Here I Am, Too!

I was sitting in the easy chair at home when my five year old daughter Liz said, “Dad, I want to whisper something to you,” and put her lips to my ear. When her four year old sister Stephanie saw Liz whispering in my ear, she hurried over to the other side of the chair […]

The Savage Lands of Islam

Oct 25 14 • Daniel Greenfield • 2 comments

Where Islam goes, the desert rises.

A 1970s Halloween

Oct 24 14 • Tom Purcell • 2 comments

Not until it got dark! That was the trick-or-treating rule my mother set down every year. She didn’t want me to embarrass her by interrupting families still having dinner. I hated the rule. Tommy Gillen and I had big plans to hit as many houses as possible before we had to come home. It was […]

Down Syndrome Does Not Make Life Disposable

Oct 23 14 • Denise J. Hunnell, M.D • 1 comment

The Holy Father’s universal prayer intention for September was, “That the mentally disabled may receive the love and help they need for a dignified life.” This is such a timely prayer. In recent weeks there has been a steady drumbeat to dehumanize and marginalize those with mental challenges, especially those with Down syndrome. For example, […]

The Importance of a Manly and Christian Friendship

Oct 23 14 • Michael Lane • 0 comments

Facebook promotes a very odd concept of ’knowing’ someone, and it has led to the further warping of our sense of friendship. My experience, like many of you, has been a passing meeting with someone leads to a friend request. But, we are not friends. We are barely acquaintances and yet we claim to know […]

Time for a Leaner, Smarter Penal System

Oct 23 14 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

This week the Washington Post drew attention to a new Pew poll indicating that a majority of Americans believe it’s time to move away from the policy of mandatory minimum sentencing in nonviolent criminal cases. Many people probably don’t realize that in many instances involving criminal sentencing, judges aren’t actually permitted to do their jobs and judge. Their discretion […]

Happy Boy Makes Mass

Oct 23 14 • Barb Lishko • 0 comments

Last year I remember rushing into mass minutes before the opening song. Exhausted from hours of setting up for a ministry event, I was unable to prepare for mass properly. Sliding into my usual spot I jumped to attention as the procession began. My eyes naturally scanned the area directly across the expanse to those […]

Immigration, Amnesty, and the Rule of Law

Oct 22 14 • Jason Hall • 0 comments

In the ongoing Kentucky U.S. Senate race, both candidates have accused the other of supporting “amnesty” for “illegal immigrants” and of not upholding the rule of law. Immigration is a complex issue, and the laws governing it are even more complex. Political campaigns, at least in our day, are not well-suited to serious debates about […]

Christians Struggle to Rebuild Their Lives in Syria

Oct 21 14 • ACN-USA News • 0 comments

“War is a terrible and cruel thing.” SISTER MARIA of Nazareth has committed herself to an extraordinary mission. The Argentinian nun from the Institute of the Incarnate Word has been living in Aleppo, Syria, for the past two months, ministering to a traumatized Christian community in the former million-strong metropolis in the north of the […]

<em>Isn't She Lovely</em>: A Million Grandfathers Say

Isn’t She Lovely: A Million Grandfathers Say

Oct 21 14 • Mark Davis Pickup • 0 comments

In 1976 my daughter was born. I was head-over-heels in love with her. At the time I was a commercial writer for a television station; I remember clicking away on my manual typewriter in time with a new tune by Stevie Wonder: Isn’t She Lovely. To me (and a million other new fathers) that song […]

A Case of Surrogacy’s Gordian Knot

Oct 21 14 • Wesley Smith, J.D. • 1 comment

What a mess. What a God-awful mess the new reproductive technologies in general—and commercial surrogacy, in particular—are making of family life. What a legal, emotional, and moral mess. Case in point: A commercial surrogacy contract was litigated in Tennessee all the way to the state’s Supreme Court—which was forced to sort out the chaos that […]

Dangerous Liaisons: Martha Coakley and Bernard Baran

Oct 20 14 • Fr. Gordon J. MacRae • 0 comments

Justice is obscured when prosecutors use criminal convictions to bolster political ambition. Justice is defeated when prosecutors deny their mistakes to get elected. The French word, “liaison” comes from an older French word, related to the Latin word, “ligere”, meaning “to bind together.” Somewhere in its tangled etymological history, “liaison” was transformed in common usage […]

When the Communists Murdered a Priest

Oct 20 14 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 0 comments

Fr. Popieluszko was beatified in 2010.

Building Technology Boundaries

Oct 20 14 • Fathers for Good • 0 comments

As much as I don’t like to think about it now, my 2-year-old daughter will not always desire to spend every waking minute with her mom. She prefers to engage with me now, but I know that the television, computer, phone and movies will grab her attention as she gets older. So I strive to […]

Book Review: <i>Seven Saints for Seven Virtues</i>

Book Review: Seven Saints for Seven Virtues

Oct 20 14 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 0 comments

In our modern world, it can be extremely challenging to live a virtuous life. “The concept of virtue is often considered outdated and old-fashioned, but for Catholics, becoming virtuous is essential for eternal salvation.” What, then, can we do? Thankfully, we have saints we can look to as role models in virtue as we journey […]

Poem: “Spiritual Communion”

Oct 19 14 • Joann Nelander • 0 comments

Spiritual Communion Come, my Lord, to this poor dwelling, You are Lord of all, and heaven is at hand As You approach. Come in Spirit to my humble abode, At your coming, the angels make ready. They spread their wings over Your Mercy Seat, Come be enthroned here in my heart. Allow the splendor of […]

40 Days for Life: Saving Lives Around the World

Oct 17 14 • Shawn Carney • 0 comments

40 Days for Life is a grassroots effort. Even as the campaign continues to grow, our headquarters team tries to visit as many 40 Days for Life locations as possible. It’s important for us to meet with you, and your fellow volunteers, at your prayerful vigil. With 297 cities in 11 countries conducting 40 Days […]

Movie Review: <em>Men, Women and Children</em>

Movie Review: Men, Women and Children

Oct 17 14 • Sr. Helena Burns, fsp • 0 comments

Do not see Men, Women and Children unless you are inured to today’s porn and sex and sex and porn everywhere. The language and visuals are graphic and explicit and involve teens (and remember, today’s sex is degraded), but after a few seconds of getting into it each time, the camera mercifully cuts away. But […]

The Synod and Being Afraid of the Gospel

Oct 17 14 • Kevin M. Tierney • 6 comments

As editor here at Catholic Lane, we’ve received a lot of submissions regarding the synod. Our correspondent Karee Santos has been busy giving you her thoughts on the Synod from the standpoint of someone who deals with marriage prep in the real world. I’ve received several submissions from readers who wish to offer their own […]

The Loss of Christian Empathy

Oct 16 14 • Zachary Gappa • 1 comment

Maclean’s recently featured a compelling summary of our rapidly-deteriorating communities titled “The End of Neighbours.” The expertly-written piece by Brian Bethune is one of the better articles you’ll read this year, and it gets at a key tragedy that is particularly convicting for a Christian conservative: We have forsaken our neighbors. For decades, Americans and Canadians have been […]

The Trouble With Uterus Transplants

Oct 16 14 • Rebecca Taylor • 1 comment

Last week doctors in Sweden announced the birth of a baby after a uterus transplant. The baby is so far healthy being born at only 31 weeks gestation. I am very happy that mother and baby are healthy enough to leave the hospital and I wish them continued health. I also wish that this procedure […]

Breaking Body

Oct 14 14 • Nicole DeMille • 1 comment

Who is The Church? Who is the Body of Christ? Who belongs? A temptation exists to spend so much time answering these questions correctly and identifying who is with us and who is against us that we miss out on membership ourselves. Some of us are so busy counting heads, checking purses, and securing a […]

Poem: “The Relic of the True Cross”

Oct 14 14 • L. Lapiz • 0 comments

The Relic of the True Cross I saw you today, You tiny speck. Small though you are, You are astounding to see, Resting in your reliquary. I gazed upon you, Expecting some miracle, To happen, then and there, And to me. Tiny you are in your resting place. Blessed by Him who touched your face. […]

In Lebanon, a Major Catholic Village Walks its Way of the Cross

Oct 14 14 • ACN-USA News • 1 comment

The village of Kaa is in the north of the Bekaa Valley, close to the Syrian border. It has a population of some 13,000 Christians, most of them Melkites. After the city of Zahle, this is the home of the country’s the largest Catholic population. Kaa is surrounded by mostly Shiite Muslim communities. Kaa has […]