LOCAL CATHOLICS TO HONOR FATHER BENEDICT GROESCHEL WITH 50th ANNIVERSARY MASSCelebration Will Highlight Infuential Clergyman’s Life and Priesthood NUTLEY, New Jersey — Laypeople, church officials, friars and Catholic leaders will celebrate the anniversary of one of the church’s most visible and respected priests on Oct. 18 with a special mass and public celebration marking 50 years of Father Benedict Groeschel’s priesthood. Father Benedict is perhaps best known both within and outside the Catholic community as a prolific author, the host... Read more

Finland, which brought the world the oddities of wife-carrying and mobile phone throwing, burned off all comers to take gold in the World Sauna Championships. Awesome! Read more

and provide boring scientific answer. Real answer: it’s doesn’t know the words! Read more

I have recently, possibly 6 months or more now have been reading articles by you….they are awesome! I think you are a wonderful writer and are doing God’s work very effectively. I also have a blog…. My blog is basically to share other writings (from books, article, blogs etc), and post them in a way to “draw” people in. I am constantly looking for excellent writings, and there are so many. At the moment, I am looking for something that... Read more

I have recently, possibly 6 months or more now have been reading articles by you….they are awesome! I think you are a wonderful writer and are doing God’s work very effectively. I also have a blog…. My blog is basically to share other writings (from books, article, blogs etc), and post them in a way to “draw” people in. I am constantly looking for excellent writings, and there are so many. At the moment, I am looking for something that... Read more

A reader writes: I have always understood that the woman of Revelation to be the Blessed Mother. I was discussing the Immaculate Conception with a Baptist co-worker, specifically how she had no pain during child birth; he replied that if that was the case that she couldn’t be the woman of Revelation as “she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered.” I must admit that this was a good point. Would you be able to offer... Read more

A reader writes: I have been [meekly] reading and greatly enjoying your [dangerous] posts for the past few months(or was it aeons?). Have you yet cast your brooding eyes upon Josef Pieper’s book: Leisure: The Basis of Culture? It is an excellent book and I beg your Lordship to take it into consideration, though the words of a worm have so little weight. (I have been reading your blog WAAAAYYY to long!) 🙂 I have read Pieper, but not that... Read more

Nutjob murders a bunch of innocent people after imbibing some “eternal security” theology: Sodini’s misery was apparent in his rambling, hate-filled blog, in which he complained of a nonexistent sex life, years of rejection by women and social isolation. Among those he blamed for his perceived troubles were his family and Tetelestai’s longtime pastor, Alan “Rick” Knapp, whose teachings he interpreted as assurance he would go to heaven even after committing murder. “This guy teaches (and convinced me) you can... Read more

Would you please pray for me and your readers the same? My wife and I had a divorce hearing on Monday. She is adamant in pursuing divorce, and I am praying that by a miracle that will change. Also, I am unemployed and could use prayers for gainful employment. May God our Father be with you in and through the trial, working to bring glory to his Name by the fulfillment of his good, pleasing and perfect will in your... Read more

Would you please pray for me and your readers the same? My wife and I had a divorce hearing on Monday. She is adamant in pursuing divorce, and I am praying that by a miracle that will change. Also, I am unemployed and could use prayers for gainful employment. May God our Father be with you in and through the trial, working to bring glory to his Name by the fulfillment of his good, pleasing and perfect will in your... Read more