I have to hand it to the nuns. Those sisters with rulers certainly got it into the heads of the young Catholics that missing Mass was a mortal sin. However, one of the troublesome things about hearing confessions is how many older Catholics seem to think this is the only sin, and they do not seem able or [...]
Somebody asked me, "Why don't you write a blog post about how to love an Islamic terrorist into submission. I like a challenge, so here goes. You don't start with the terrorist. You start with yourself. By God's grace you may get to the point where you are so filled with love that you live a [...]
Is it one thing to convert to Catholicism, and another thing to really see the world as Catholics see it?
Most people don't know that the Parable of the Good Samaritan is really about racial and religious prejudice.
From an Eastern European Neo Nazi rally. Non copyright photographs of White Supremacist violence in Charlottesville are unavailable at the time of writing. I'll tell you what's happened in Charlottesville this weekend. It is human beings revealing what lies within. It's real simple and its been happening since Cain killed his brother Abel. It [...]
There has been some interesting talk about miracles resulting from my recent article at Catholic Herald UK on the Shroud of Turin. I am on the side of those who believe in the shroud's authenticity, and I respect those who shrug their shoulders and remain agnostic. But the ones who interest me the most are the [...]
The authenticity of the Shroud will never be proven in a completely watertight way, but with the accumulation of evidence it is increasingly difficult to deny.
Over the last few years "rad trad" or "raddy traddy" was Catholic slang for the ultra traditionalist, Latin Mass, take no prisoners traditionalist. I like the rhyme, but I'm for standing this on its head. Let's take "radical" and "tradition" and recognize something that is cool and constant in being a Catholic, and that is that [...]
Satan is the Father of lies. Therefore it follows that one of his favorite tricks is to separate us from reality. He's like that stage magician who uses distraction to keep you from seeing what is really going on. He pulls a trick to turn our attention away from reality. What is "reality"? Reality is what [...]
Rembrandt Head of Christ One of the advantages of being a Catholic is that, if you go to Mass regularly, you will hear so much of Sacred Scripture being read. This is also one of the disadvantages. It is not a disadvantage because you hear Sacred Scripture, but because you hear it in small [...]