Author: S&P
Follow Lewis Carroll’s rules for online arguments…
COMMENTARY: Even friends need rules for talking to each other, and his ‘Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing’ are a good place to start. Some of my friends would call my old friend a fascist and some of hers would call me a communist. Not that she’s close to being a fascist or I to being a communist. People aren’t always good at distinctions, and some people like extreme labels. They live...
Thanks to a classy gesture from a Blue Jays fan, this young Yankees fan will remember Aaron Judge’s home run the rest of his life…..
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The Top 10 Catholic books to help you know and defend your faith…
1. Catholicism and Fundamentalism, Karl Keating This is a modern classic work from the godfather of today’s popular apologetics movement. Not only do you have some of the very best arguments answering the anti-Catholic claims of Fundamentalists, but each well reasoned response is animated by Keating’s incomparable style and wit. 2. Handbook of Catholic Apologetics, Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacell...
Around September or October each year, Australia becomes the scene for a remarkable and rare natural phenomenon: “surfable,” tubular clouds known as the Morning Glory…..
The Morning Glory signifies power of a very different kind for the local Gangalidda indigenous people. To the Gangalidda, Walalu, the Rainbow Serpent, creates each Morning Glory – or kangólgi, as they call it. According to tradition, the Gangalidda ancestors ride along on the cloud to watch over their people and their land. For the modern Gangalidda, this is a good omen of the highest order. Other...
In this Christian village in Israel, people are discovering remnants of the Crusades by digging in their living rooms…
MI’ILYA, Israel — In the middle of Eilia Arraf’s home — between two living rooms, a cactus garden and a makeshift gym — there are two large pits, each containing the ruins of a church that archaeologists believe was built about 1,600 years ago. Mr. Arraf found large sections of the church’s mosaic floors under his house in 2020, as he tried to convert his aunt’s bedroom and an olive oil storeroom ...
Painful changes for the 102-year-old Catholic News Service as domestic operations to close…
By Kevin J. Jones Denver Newsroom, May 4, 2022 / 14:00 pm Catholic News Service, the news agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will end domestic operations at the end of the year. The U.S. bishops’ conference characterized the changes and office closures as a “significant realignment.” “Catholic News Service offices in New York and Washington will be closed at the end of the year, as...
Pro-Abortion Activists Plan Invasion of Catholic Churches Across U.S. Starting Mother’s Day…
Pray and fast for the protection of our churches! The pro-abortion activism group Ruth Sent Us is calling for invasions of Catholic churches from Sun., May 8 until Sat., May 14 in protest of the recent news about the Supreme Court’s draft allegedly overturning Roe vs. Wade. During their protest, the group dresses in what they call a handmaiden’s cloak, which represents women’s oppression. [See als...
The scandal of Russian Orthodoxy, and our own scandals…
By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( bio – articles – email ) | May 03, 2022 One of the difficulties faced by the Orthodox churches is their territorial character which, considering Christ’s universal mission, does not effectively mirror the ultimate lines of authority established by our Redeemer. That problem is nowhere more evident at present than in the denunciation of the Moscow Patriarch by the Ec...
In Roe v. Wade comments, Biden rows without both oars in the water, wades into error…
The president is either ignorant of basic principles of how the United States government works, or he is attempting to scare people for political purposes. President Joe Biden’s off-the-cuff remarks have become must-watch TV the way Evil Knievel’s stunts used to be — often with similar results. His impromptu speaking has made the Oval Office like a La Brea tar pit where vowels and consonants go to...
Pope Francis Uses Wheelchair in Public for First Time Since Colon Surgery…
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, May 5, 2022 / 04:50 am Pope Francis used a wheelchair during a public meeting on Thursday, the first time he has done so publicly since leaving the hospital after colon surgery in July 2021. The 85-year-old pope has had difficulty walking due to a painful torn ligament in his knee. He was pushed in a wheelchair onto the stage of the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on May 5...
How parishes can move sacramental formation from forms and classes to relationship and conversion…
A woman who wanted to ask some questions about baptism called her local parish. After she got off the phone, she sent me an email about what happened. The parish worker who answered the phone was blunt and unkind – NO! You can’t have your child baptized without being registered at the parish. There was no way around it. The woman was distraught. Her family had baptized children in the Cathol...
Don’t force your kids into the rat race or tech tumble. There are alternatives…..
(Note: I will be hosting a live discussion with author Rory Groves about his book Durable Trades. Click here to join the discussion.) Your children have a thirst within them. They have received from you their whole life, and to a greater or lesser degree, one day recognize their life separate from yours as they gain the maturity that grows only by appropriate independence. I’m talking ...
