The truth about Islam: “The Muslim religion is the fastest-growing religion per capita in the United States, especially among minority races. “Last month I attended a training. During the training session, three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim faiths each presented their beliefs. “I was particularly interested in what the Islamic Imam had […]
Suffering was not part of God’s original plan. But now, because of sin, there is plenty to go around. Of the many kinds of suffering, some physical and resolved often through healing, perhaps it is spiritual and psychological suffering which is most difficult for us. Faith is integral for healing. The material comes from the […]
In the midst of the Easter Season, with the Resurrection of the Lord at the center of our prayer and worship, we mourn the increasing tide of the cult of death. Faith in the risen Lord makes possible the transformation of suffering from a scandal into something redemptive. And yet His word of hope and […]
Of the many aberrations spawned in the instability and confusion of the post–Vatican II era, the promotion of private revelation has to be one of the most dangerous. One can find many overexposed priests on social media and YouTube. The pope has been among the many who have warned them of the danger of this […]
The Catholic commentariat, in the wake of the opening salvos of the war in Iran, has, if you’ll forgive the pun, exploded. Many voices are untethered from Catholic just-war and social teaching. Some are rendering final judgment without a knowledge of all the facts, some of which may not be revealed until the conflict is […]
Lent is upon us once again and with it another opportunity for grace and conversion. This most penitential season begins on Ash Wednesday with the stern admonition, “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris.” “Remember, man, you are dust.” “Remember, man, you will die.” For many public figures on the internet it has […]
Lent is upon us once again and with it another opportunity for grace and conversion. This most penitential season begins on Ash Wednesday with the stern admonition, “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris.” “Remember, man, you are dust.” “Remember, man, you will die.” For many public figures on the internet it has […]
