Here we go again! The sex abuse crisis in the Church is, once again, all over the news, and various priests and bishops are, once again, offering commentary and expressing sadness, shock, shame, while calling […]
Category: Culture
Who Do You Say that I Am?
Who do people say that the Church is? A Church of scandal, or the true mystical Body of Christ?
When Catholic Talk is Cheap
Talk is cheap. Only actions have high value. That is universally true because talk doesn’t directly make change. Actions do. Talk I’m increasingly confused and frustrated by the Church’s modern rhetoric. Too often it seems […]
Save the Church! Start With Yourself.
The Church is always in need of rebuilding and renewal. The Apostles were scattered at Gethsemane; only John, and the Holy Virgin were present at the cross. So many disciples abandoned Jesus when the Word […]
Jews Resist Secular Education. Who can blame them?!
This video from Fox News is part of a series on “insular enclaves of the ultra-Orthodox Jews” (Hasidic Jews), and “the struggles they face and the controversies that follow them”.
Can People Still Be “Good” Without Going to Mass?
This is probably the one statement or question I hear most often in my experience in evangelization and apologetics. Coming in several forms, wrapped in a variety of moral claims, it goes something like this… […]
Ireland Spits at God, Begs his Wrath in Repeal of 8th Amendment
In a referendum vote, the people of Ireland have voted to repeal the 8th Amendment to their constitution, effectively clearing the way for legal abortion. This is yet another moment where the people, not a court, not a […]
Liberal Writer Prefers Manifest Evil…Unsurprisingly
A liberal writer recently tweeted that he’d rather his daughter date a member of the MS-13 gang than a member of the Republican Party. This really shouldn’t surprise us, since most liberal thought is bases on senseless emotions, not in reason or reality.
Boy Scouts Name Change Snubs Young Boys. But the Church did it first.
The Boy Scouts will soon be dropping “Boys” from its name, and will allow girls to join their ranks. Read all about it here. This is a disservice—perhaps even a snub—to young boys, and the […]
Is Bieber a Believer?
Justin Bieber has abandoned the Easter Bunny in favor of Jesus Christ this Easter. In a post on Instagram he delivered a rather powerful message of witness to Christ and the reality of forgiveness and […]
YouTube Star Becomes Catholic
Have you ever heard of the YouTube channel LizziesAnswers? Neither have I. But she happens to be quite a celebrity on YouTube, and she just announced that she’s becoming Catholic. The video (which I placed […]