Public Catholic discusses any number of controversial topics. Sometimes, the conversation gets blunt. There are days when I’m the bluntest of all. But the purpose of Public Catholic is to equip people so that they can go out into the world and be the light that Jesus called all of us to be. People who disrespect the Holy Father, are, in my opinion, speaking for the darkness. I’ve deleted almost all such comments that have shown up here, with the... Read more
Doctors can now target which babies to kill with even greater accuracy. A new blood test allow docs to discover which unborn babies might have Down’s Syndrome. The best is touted as being far more accurate than previously used methods. According to a news report, this means that fewer expectant mothers will “be made anxious” by an inaccurate test telling them that their baby has Down’s Syndrome. The new test is not the final step. If it comes back suspicious,... Read more
“The priesthood is too serious a call, not to have guys who are 100% committed to what they are doing.” Amen. Read more
If you saw someone harassing an old person, what would you do? I have to tell you, I am really proud of these people. Read more
This story is a couple of weeks old, but I’ve been too busy to take it on until now. A few weeks back, a federal judged made the landmark ruling that Kentucky had to honor gay marriages which were contracted in other states. This ruling, if upheld, has the practical effect of legalizing gay marriage in every state of the union. The judge’s ruling was based on last summer’s hydra-headed Windsor ruling by the United States Supreme Court. Windsor overturned... Read more
The Big Bang has an echo, which is what you would expect from a “bang” that, blew creation into existence. The elusive echo has finally been located in gravitational waves. The waves, which Albert Einstein first predicted in his General Theory of Relativity, were discovered with the use of a telescope at the South Pole. What this means, among other things, is that the universe had a beginning, and that beginning was 13.7 billion years ago. For a long time,... Read more
Chris O’Dowd, who evidently stars in one of those cable series I’ve never watched called Girls, has shared his original thinking on the topic of religion. Mr O’Dowd says in an interview with GQ that he used to be “liberal” about religion, and thought it was ok for other people to have ideas he disagreed with. Then, he got his brain washed and now he knows that “religion is ruining the world.” He says that there will be a “turning... Read more
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