There is a lot going on today. It is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. The March for Life is descending upon our nation’s capital. It is also the last day of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. St. Paul could...
Read MoreNehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Psalm 19:8-10, 15 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I will never forget the first time I watched Schindler’s List and sat at the end of the movie watching all of the cast silently place...
Read MoreLast week I was participating in a medical training program and research project in Khartoum, Sudan. It was an amazing and intense experience…one which I hope to share in blogs and in a new research trajectory. I had an...
Read MoreRevelation 3:16 – possibly the inspiration for Dante’s depiction of the gates of Hell – reads: So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Neutrality, in this...
Read MoreEarlier today, a statement was issued by more than 60 Catholic theologians, priests, Catholic sisters, justice advocates and retired officials from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to Catholic lawmakers concerning public...
Read MoreIn my previous post, I noted that pornography is a kind of story, promoting and advocating a certain way for people to relate sexually. (Sociologists would call it a “script”, a cultural narrative that people rely on to make...
Read MoreSimcha Fisher over at the National Catholic Register has a thoughtful discussion on the use of graphic images depicting abortion. She writes, Are you going to the March for Life on Friday, either in DC or in your state? If so,...
Read MoreA recent online ad for Google depicts a nervous young man awaiting an interview in an executive suite. We see him anxiously trying out various opening lines, but they seem lame. He then spies a picture on the wall of a castle....
Read MoreForty years ago tomorrow, Roe v Wade was decided. The decision-makers were all men. The important group Feminists for Life was founded at about this time, and for decades these and other pro-life feminists have been fighting...
Read MoreEarlier today, Algerian special forces raided a natural gas complex near In Aménas, Algeria where members of an al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist group had been holding hostage a group of workers from several countries. Tragically,...
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