Statistics about the number of Christian martyrs today: A top Vatican official has said around 100,000 Christians are killed every year for reasons linked to their faith and pointed to the Middle East, Africa and Asia as the biggest problem areas. Monsignor Silvano Maria Tomasi
Well, in our travels, we went through Moore, seeing the devastation that was truly awful–in the sense of both “terrible” and in the older sense of “awe-inspiring.” A whole swathe of the city, marking the twister’s path, just obliterated, with houses, businesses, and other structures
The BBC reports that new information about American oil and gas supplies, thanks to our vast shale deposits and the new ability to extract energy from them, will shake up the world’s economy. From BBC News – US shale oil supply shock shifts global power
Yesterday was Trinity Sunday, in which we reflect on the One true God who consists of three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. That God is a unity of distinct persons means that we can accurately say that He is love, love
Have a happy, but thoughtful Memorial Day. I know it’s mainly become just the beginning of the summer holidays, the first bratwurst of summer (in the words of Those Darned Accordians). Enjoy that part of it, but the holiday was started as a commemoration of
In trying to explain Pope Francis’s statement about atheists that we blogged about, a Vatican spokesman, Father Thomas Rosica wrote a piece entitled Explanatory Note on the Meaning of ‘Salvation’ in Francis’ Daily Homily of May 22: Reflections on Atheists, Christians, and Who Will Be
Pope Francis preached a homily in which he pretty much said that atheists too can do good and therefore can go to heaven. (Notice the assumption that salvation is by good works and not by faith, which is being presented as not really necessary.) The
The Boy Scouts of America voted to accept gay members. The ban against homosexual scout masters and other adult leaders remains in place. According to gay ideology, sexual identity is innate, not formed, so it makes sense to speak of homosexual children. (more…)
What a difference 68 years makes! The most popular country in the world is Germany. Japan is 4th. The United States of America is #8, barely beating out China. Details and complete rankings after the jump. (more…)
I’d like to spin off from our reflection a comment Lars Walker made, as we blogged about yesterday in the post The Bible and Liberty: As Paul Johnson notes in Modern Times, moral relativism always leads to Totalitarianism. Because in a morally relative age, power
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