Why I Am Catholic
But everyone ignores me. So a young man in Italy gets the surprise of his life. An Italian teenager who wrote to Pope Francis was shocked when the informal Argentinian pontiff phoned him for a chat. (more…) Read more
But everyone ignores me. So a young man in Italy gets the surprise of his life. An Italian teenager who wrote to Pope Francis was shocked when the informal Argentinian pontiff phoned him for a chat. (more…) Read more
I mean, that seems to be the takeaway to me. An 82-year-old Spanish pensioner who gained global notoriety for ruining a fresco of Christ in a clumsy restoration has signed a lucrative royalty deal for the merchandising of her ‘art’. (more…) Read more
Just kidding about the “ready for ordering part.” But this would really come in handy when coming across vampires and such like. I hear it will even work on zombies in a pinch. For the zombie version, they replace the silver bullet firing Derringer with a sawed off shotgun. Want to see something else that’s scary? (more…) Read more
Not even being named for the most revered woman in the Koran could spare the site, which had endured in Delga since the 4th or 5th century, AD. (more…) Read more
By just perusing it briefly, see, he could learn a lot of neat things. You know, like how the Church teaches that homosexuals are no more sinful than folks who are not homosexuals. (more…) Read more
First, a prayer from Pope Francis to Mary, Queen of Peace. (more…) Read more
And unfortunately, we aren’t bringing to bear the in-depth philosophical arguments needed to carry the day. Baylor University’s Francis Beckwith explains it all in his latest post at The Catholic Thing. Here’s a snip. (more…) Read more
The Coptic Christian Church in Egypt has put out the following statement, “The Egyptian Coptic Church is following the unfortunate developments on the ground of our country Egypt and emphasizes its strong stance with the Egyptian police, armed forces and other organizations of the Egyptian people in the face of groups of armed violence and black terrorism…While we appreciate the sincere and friendly position that understands the nature of the developments, we strongly deplore the media fallacies that are prevalent... Read more
I found it folded neatly in the back of volume one of Philip Hughes’ A History of the Church: An Introductory Study. I picked it up for $2.00 at the public library’s used book sale earlier this year. Here on one piece of paper is all that was happening between the time Sts. Peter and Paul were martyred, up until the Edict of Milan. Sorry it’s a little cock-eyed, but this is the best I could do. (more…) Read more
From The Independent, with a dateline out of Edinburgh, the noted author observes that we’re all too offended nowadays. What? You hadn’t noticed? (more…) Read more
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