It was the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. who called anti-Catholicism, “the last acceptable prejudice.” Whispers of that prejudice were heard in the halls of the Senate recently… Read more “No Catholic Need Apply?”

On September 5, Attorney General Jess Sessions announced that the federal government would put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Both Sessions… Read more “On DACA: We Have An Obligation to Protect the Innocent”

THE BOOK OF REVELATION  Suggested Readings: Revelation 1:4-5:14, Revelation 7:9-17, Revelation 12, Revelation 20-21           The Book of Revelation is one of the most misunderstood and, from… Read more “The Book of Revelation”

EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD FROM EXPERIENCE: DESIRE             We experience natural, innate desires that correspond to real objects or needs. Hunger corresponds to the real… Read more “An Introduction to the Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 27: Desire”

When real life becomes satire. The link above is to a story coming out of the University of Mississippi (AKA: Ole Miss) about a retreat for Greek… Read more “The Banana Peel Horror”

Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew issued a joint statement calling on all people to pray for the protection and responsible use of creation and calling on… Read more “Pope and Patriarch Call on All to “Hear the Cry of the Earth””

Seeing the images coming out of southeast Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey are harrowing. The dangers these people are facing and the heroism displayed by… Read more “What Texas Is Telling Us About Ourselves”

EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD FROM EXPERIENCE: BEAUTY           As humans, we experience that some things are beautiful. While driving through western… Read more “God Is: An Introduction to the Evidence for the Existence of God, Part 26”

Today, August 28, is the Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop and Doctor of the Church. Fr. William A. Jurgens, esteemed Church historian and editor of… Read more “St. Augustine of Hippo”

Were today, August 27, 2017, not the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary time, it would be the Feast of St. Monica, the saintly mother of St. Augustine of… Read more “St. Monica”