Historically and scripturally there have been two ways that most people betray Jesus: 1. The St Peter and all the apostles except John Way. This is the deny-Him-under-duress, run-away-from-threats-and-then-repent-later method of betrayal. I would wager that in some form or another every single one of us has done a bit of this. I know I have. I’ve hemmed and hawed; ducked and covered, trying to keep all my old friends from my life Before Christ. Trouble was, they all found... Read more
Is there something funny in our drinking water? Or have people always been this crazy and we just didn’t notice? The reasons I’m asking are … Te’o and the girlfriend who wasn’t. If he’d been a lonely nerd with acne and a weight problem no one would have been all that surprised by a fantasy girlfriend. But everyone knows that football stars are like young lords on college campuses. The profs, the staff, the press, the administration and the girls... Read more
“It represents a lack of integrity for a public official to expect others to accept the premise: “What I do publicly contradicts who I say I am religiously, but that doesn’t make any difference.” Bishop Lawrence Brandt of Greenburg Pennsylvania, issued a pastoral letter recently in which he raised an important issue about Catholic politicians who support abortion. Aside from the question of whether or not these politicians should take communion, (he thinks they shouldn’t) he raises the a more... Read more
Public Catholic exists because of two events. 1. President Obama declared war on my church. I first learned about the (then) proposed HHS Mandate forcing religious institutions to purchase insurance that paid for contraceptives, abortifacients and sterilization in the fall of 2011. I knew immediately that this was an unprecedented attack on religious freedom. I also saw it as a deliberate attempt to destroy the Church’s moral voice by forcing it to compromise its teachings in the face of government... Read more
What did you think of President Obama’s Inaugural Address? How did it compare with the address he gave four years ago? Did any part of it resonate with you? Did it leave you mad, sad, glad or just plain indifferent? One paragraph in particular got my attention: You and I, as citizens, have the obligation to shape the debates of our time – not only with the votes we cast, but with the voices we lift in defense of our... Read more
Never in American history has a president and vice president formed a team like these two. It’s … Read more
Go back in time to August 28, 1963 …. Read more
The weird story of Manti Te’o and the girlfriend who wasn’t gets even weirder. It appears he may have been pranked — which is too mild a word for it — by a serial hoaxer. The man who committed this hoax had evidently piled up at least six other victims besides Te’o. This hoaxer enlisted friends, including his sister, to help him carry on this hoax. Today’s technology makes it easy for people to lie convincingly about themselves, which is... Read more
Vice President Joe Biden kicked off four more years of verbal blundering at the Iowa State Pre-Inauguration Inaugural Ball by telling the crowd, “I am proud to be President of the United States.” Enjoy. Read more
This is one of three rallies for marriage that took place in Paris on one day this week. Read more
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