There’s more to us than you can see in an anatomy class. That applies to all living creatures. We are all fearfully and wonderfully made. An example comes from Africa where the famous “elephant whisperer” Lawrence Anthony lived and worked. Mr Anthony, who is something of a legend in South Africa, rescued wildlife and rehabilitated elephants from all over the world, including going into a war zone in Iraq in 2003 to rescue Baghdad Zoo animals. He died a year... Read more
Do you know Jesus? Do you really know Him? Pope Francis tells you how to really know Jesus. Read more
This video addresses what I’ve long believed is the forgotten core need of women: the ability to have a family and a home and still use their full capacities in life. Ironically, this is also a core need of men. People need home and family. The deepest fulfillment in life is looking in the face of your own beautiful child. How did we get so turned around that we think these things are burdens rather than gifts? Read more
I read Father Dwight Longnecker’s fine post, Bergoglio’s List, and it sort of pushed me over the edge I’ve been standing on for a while. Be forewarned: There’s a rant coming. Pope Francis is like Blessed John Paul II in that he has lived through times when the devil was ascendant and incarnate in his country. He has, in the same way that Blessed John Paul II did in World War II and then under Communism, witnessed and lived through times of... Read more
This is the best homily I’ve heard in a while. Watch and enjoy. Read more
Pope Francis began his papacy by appointing a group of eight cardinals, dubbed the G8 of the Church, from around the world to advise him. They will meet in Rome next week, October 1-3. The video below is an interview about what to expect from one of the participants, Cardinal Gracias from Bombay, India. Read more
This video is from last Sunday, after Taliban operatives bombed a Christian church service, killing at least 85 people and wounding 145 others. It is easy to see how moved the Holy Father was by this. God save these, our brothers and sisters in Christ. Read more
I’m a long-time fan of Father Roderick, the geeky priest who founded SQPN. He has an unaffected joy in all things Catholic that lifts me anytime I watch one of his podcasts. It seems that Father Roderick had a bad experience with his computer, and like all the rest of us when this happens, began doing everything he could think of to get the thing running again. Here’s Father Roderick, computer technician. Read more
Elizabeth Scalia has heard the call. Have you? I’m talking about the call to prayer for persecuted Christians around the globe. Pope Francis issued a call to prayerfor the persecuted church earlier this week. “So many Christians in the world are suffering,” the pope said during his general audience Wednesday morning in St. Peter’s Square. “Am I indifferent to that, or does it affect me like it’s a member of the family? “Does it touch my heart, or doesn’t it... Read more
The Washington Post published an opinion piece by Reza Aslan, the Muslim writer-about-Jesus. I’m not going to go into the this-guy-is-not-a-Christian-he’s-a-Muslim stuff because I don’t think it really matters. You can find the same garbage he writes in this opinion piece on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and other places all over television every Christmas/Easter. These are the same lies that are trotted out by Christian bashers all over the internet. You can find them repetitively blah-blahed any day of... Read more
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