Taking off from and landing on an air craft carrier is not for the faint of heart. It takes a special kind of person. Read more
Taking off from and landing on an air craft carrier is not for the faint of heart. It takes a special kind of person. Read more
President Obama, the most virulent anti-Catholic President in modern history, took another shot at the Church when he closed the US Embassy to the Holy See. In one of the most specious explanations I’ve read in quite some time, the administration says that the United States needs to close the US Embassy at the Vatican because of — get ready for this now — “security reasons … because of last year’s attack on the American facility at Benghazi.” When... Read more
This is a video summary of Evangelii Gaudium, written by Pope Francis and issued by the Vatican yesterday. It is, among other things, our — yours and mine — marching orders. Read more
So I was steam-cleaning the shower; giving the house it’s Thanksgiving go-over. I have an industrial-strength steamer that, when it’s fully rigged up, looks a lot like one of the bugs in Starship Troopers. It produces hot, hot steam in violent jets that dissolve dirt and slay bacteria with a single hiss. I was running it with the squeegee attachment, going up and down the shower walls, steam coming out in an angry zzzzzzzz, my laboriously straightened hair collapsing into... Read more
I dream of a “missionary option”, that is, a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation. Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis has issued a beautiful new document, called an Apostolic Exhortation, and a wonderful exhortation it is. Needless to say, the popular press has already begun issuing their skewed... Read more
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, is paying a visit to the Pope. According to Vatican Radio, this is the fourth time President Putin has visited the Vatican. He met twice with Pope John Paul II and once with Pope Benedict XVI. President Putin, who is an Orthodox Christian, has said through his spokespeople that he and Pope Francis will focus on, among a couple of other things, “the protection of Christian minorities in the Maghreb and the Middle... Read more
Does the First Amendment apply to individual people or only to the institutional church, inside its church building? This question would have been unthinkable even a decade ago. But that was before President Obama used Obamacare as a method to coerce churches and private citizens in areas where it had never gone before. The HHS Mandate was the brainchild of a star chamber committee at the Department of Health and Human Services. It was signed by the president. It... Read more
Convos with My Two-Year-Old. This one is about playing princess with Daddy. Enjoy. Read more
Pope Francis on confession. I included two videos because together they give a fuller understanding of what the Holy Father said. Read more
There are two things you can do about a tornado. 1. Get out of the way. 2. Pray. Read more
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