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I have some Catholic reflections on the haunting use of the traditional Latin requiem chant...

I had an interesting discussion about Baptism and some of its implications from a Catholic...

    Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary has played an integral role in Christian...

In the Catholic circles in which I move, there tends to be hard split between...

  I recently saw it written that the burden of the Church is too unappealing,...

  There is more to Christmas than just Christ's birth. It serves as the beginning...

I've observed a certain phenomena among some writers in Progressive Christian circles, and an emphasis...

October is a month of many saints who have especially touched my spiritual journey and...

So much has been happening these days in the political arena, its terribly hard to...

The day of Ashura, which is the 10th day of the month of Muharram, is...

Sometimes life presents strange contrasts, like when I found myself simultaneously watching The Passion of...

You are my first love, tossed by the sea of my soul. My blood has...

In the past, I’ve had some interesting conversations about the controversial story of Abraham/Ibrahim being...

The theory of the evolution of species has rocked the world of traditional religious thought...

As most of my loyal readers know by now, I have long had a love...

There is a common claim made that the distinction between Muslim and Christian understandings of...

Is there any hope of a bridge being build between traditional religious communities on the...

 In Memory of the New York Draft Riots of 1863      Hear, O Africa, cradle...

I’m the kind of person who must “meet” people. It is the only way I...

There is painful, and there is very painful. This revisionist cinematic production of James Fennimore...

Trinity Sunday is often joked about in Christian circle as that day anyone can easily...

It is my heartfelt belief that history, and historical figures, are as inherently complex as...

There is nothing like inhumanity to remind us that we are human. Tell yourself all...

“The people of the city, young and old Were all lamenting, crying, sighing loud The...

The news seems to be flooded these days of terrible updates. From killer viruses to...

There are pathetically few movies that are able to deal with political themes and still...

The following is a rather lengthy response I made to a Muslim friend who sent...

There is a legend in the Rhondda Valley of Wales about a young shepherd named...

In the month of May, Catholics focus particular attention on the role of the Blessed...

As one of the only movies to make a Catholic English Martyr its main focus,...