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10 Positive Things to Do for Lent

My kids already know what I’m going to say. I can just picture them mouthing the words as I speak them, “Don’t forget to think about what you’re going to do for Lent, and make sure you do something positive, too.” There, I said it. And, I meant it. Of course I advocate the Church’s […]

Pope’s Last Addresses Call on Catholics to Stay Strong on Marriage, Abortion, Eugenics, Euthanasia

Feb 13 13 • Hilary White • 0 comments

It was an emotional day at the Vatican as Pope Benedict XVI, in two of his last public addresses, called again on Christians to continue to defend the lives of innocent unborn and vulnerable people and to uphold the sanctity of natural marriage. In this morning’s regular Wednesday general audience, he warned that Christians will […]

Benedict’s Unfolding Spiritual Testament

Feb 13 13 • Dr. Robert Moynihan • 0 comments

“While the Lord continues to raise up examples of radical conversion, like Pavel Florensky, Etty Hillesum and Dorothy Day, he also constantly challenges those who have been raised in the faith to deeper conversion.”—Pope Benedict XVI, at his next-to-last General Audience, this morning in the Paul VI Audience Hall in Vatican City Benedict Reaches Out […]

Media Waste No Time to Display Ignorance

Feb 13 13 • Marybeth Hicks • 4 comments

Monday’s announcement by Pope Benedict XVI that he will resign the papacy at the end of this month because of his increasingly frail health has revealed what we practicing Catholics in America have long understood: Our faith remains a mystery. No time has been wasted stirring up a frenzy of speculation about what will happen […]

Book Review: <em>Liberty: The God that Failed</em>

Book Review: Liberty: The God that Failed

Feb 13 13 • Ryan Grant • 1 comment

The narrative some have come to trust from talk radio or from public personalities like Pat Buchanan, Justice Antonin Scalia or libertarians such as Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell, is that it is in our best interest to return to the vision of the American Founding Fathers, who, in their estimate, were God-fearing men, lovers […]

Top Five Obstacles to Getting to ‘I Do’

Feb 13 13 • Amy Bonaccorso • 0 comments

I’ve written about Catholic dating for about five years now and also coach women one-on-one to get to ‘I Do.’ From day one, my approach was a little different because I’m a no-bones-about-it realist. We Catholics love to cling to our ideals! We aren’t always interested in how things are, and prefer to focus on […]

40 Days for Life: Hope After 40 Years

Feb 13 13 • Chelsea Zimmerman • 0 comments

It started with just one hour of prayer in College Station, TX not even ten years ago. Today, 40 Days for Life has grown to a bi-annual 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, peaceful vigil and community outreach for more than half a million people in hundreds of cities across America and around the world. […]

Tabb’s Poetry VI

Feb 13 13 • John B. Tabb • 0 comments

Five poems by John B. Tabb.

Consecration to Mary

Feb 13 13 • Barb Lishko • 0 comments

He approached from the far side of the table taking the seat next to mine and posed this question, “How did I know that Mary really interceded in my life and could the blessings I encountered really be possible?” Perhaps, I could give him some “concrete examples?” I had just finished giving a little personal […]

Marked on Ash Wednesday

Feb 12 13 • Jake Frost • 1 comment

For Ash Wednesday last year, my wife and I took the kids to mass at Fulton Sheen’s old seminary, the St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Located on bluffs above the Mississippi River, with a fine view of the river and the Minneapolis sky line across the water, it has a neat old church […]

POW Admiral Jeremiah Denton Released From Captivity Forty Years Ago Today

Feb 12 13 • Thomas More Law Center • 2 comments

Forty years ago today, Navy Admiral Jeremiah Denton was freed from captivity as a POW by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi. In May 2007, Admiral Denton agreed to serve as Chairman of the Thomas More Law Center’s Citizens Advisory Board. Admiral Jeremiah Denton served as United States Naval Aviator during the Vietnam War and was the […]

Vatican and Global Financial Contexts of Pope’s Resignation

Feb 12 13 • Dr. Robert Moynihan • 0 comments

Today the Vatican announced that its ability to process credit card transactions, interrupted since January 1 by a decision of the Bank of Italy, had been restored. The renewed access to international financial networks comes one day after Pope Benedict announced that he will step down from his office as successor of Peter on February […]

The Sacraments And Union With God

Feb 12 13 • Kevin M. Tierney • 0 comments

True as they all are, their answers are incomplete. They are means, not the end. Why does God wish to “marry us?” What is the purpose of God providing peace? As always, the answer may be found within the Scriptures

When There Was Romance

Feb 12 13 • Tom Purcell • 0 comments

Hey, pallie, what the heck happened to romance? I use the word “pallie” in deference to the great Dean Martin. A few summers ago, just before the annual Dean Martin Festival in Dino’s home town of Steubenville, Ohio, I decided to compare today’s hits with his. I started with the No. 1 song on Billboard […]

Is Religious Freedom <em>Really</em> the Issue?

Is Religious Freedom Really the Issue?

Feb 12 13 • John Pacheco • 0 comments

Religious Freedom is an important issue. But, it’s the WRONG defense in the fight over Obama’s mandate. And here is a perfect explanation why that is so, found in one of the comments in this YouTube clip: “…As you may know Jehovah Witnesses do not believe in blood transfusions. Do you think a Jehovah Witness […]

Spiritual Warfare and the Pope’s Resignation

Feb 12 13 • Louie Verrecchio • 0 comments

Pope Benedict XVI has tendered his resignation effective 28 February, 2013. In making this stunning announcement before the College of Cardinals, the Holy Father cited “advanced age” and a lack of “strength of mind and body” as the factors that led him to conclude that he is incapable of “adequately fulfilling” the Petrine ministry. At […]

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Would Abraham Lincoln Be a Democrat Today?

Feb 12 13 • E. L. Core • 0 comments

Would America’s 16th president be a 21st-century Democrat?

Are You Suffering from Depression?

Feb 12 13 • Karen Lynn Ford • 2 comments

If you are in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). They also have a “Click to Chat” option on the website. For anyone who has struggled with depression, it’s likely they’ve been told to “Suck it up and move on,” or “Get over it,” or “Don’t be so gloomy.” Easier […]

Pope Benedict’s Resignation: What’s Next?

Feb 11 13 • Dr. Gerard Nadal • 0 comments

Pope Benedict XVI’s impending resignation, announced this morning, has opened the usual spate of questions prior to a conclave, as well as new ones about the status of a living Pope emeritus. Among some pro-lifers there is lots of buzz about whether the new pontiff will be pro-life, as was John Paul II. It’s an […]

Pope Benedict XVI to Resign February 28

Feb 11 13 • John Jalsevac • 1 comment

In a surprise announcement, Pope Benedict XVI said today that he will resign at the end of the month. The pope said that due to the increased weakness accompanying his advanced age – he is 85 – he feels that he is unable to carry out the duties of his office. “After having repeatedly examined […]

Fr. Amorth and Medjugorje

Feb 11 13 • Kevin Symonds • 11 comments

Bishop Ratko Peric has accused renowned exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth and his former assistant of censoring damaging information concerning the Medjugorje phenomenon. In an article dated January, 2010 and entitled, “Questionable Games Surrounding the Great Sign”, Peric discusses the history of statements made by the alleged visionaries concerning the sign to be left in Medjugorje. […]

A Hermeneutic Without History

Feb 11 13 • Louie Verrecchio • 0 comments

Last summer, I had a conversation on the topic of religious liberty with a dear priest friend who is a very accomplished moral theologian and seminary professor. He’s one of very few people I know whose rock-solid orthodoxy, knowledge and insight make him a reliable guide in all matters Catholic. That being the case, I […]

Obama Development Council Full of Abortion Advocates

Feb 11 13 • Lisa Correnti • 1 comment

President Obama’s appointments last month to his Global Development Council signal his intent to prioritize abortion over necessary life-saving health issues. Obama established the Presidents Global Development Council by Executive Order a year ago and it includes up to twelve experts from private/non-profit/academic and philanthropic sectors. Run by USAID, it will advise the president and senior administration […]

The Popularity of Ash Wednesday

Feb 11 13 • Russell Shaw • 0 comments

Why is it that Ash Wednesday and Lent remain relatively popular even in highly secularized times like these? It’s a serious question that touches on matters deeper than might at first be supposed. The popularity I speak of can be seen year after year on Ash Wednesday, when people–some of them perhaps not all that […]