What If?
By Melissa Pena
“What if?” These two tiny words, seemingly so innocuous by themselves, when put together have the power to haunt.
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To Restore a Culture of Life, Reclaim the Body
By Anne R. MacLean
New York Times columnist David Brooks recently noted the visceral kind of cringe we experience when we hear that ISIS jihadis have decapitated yet another person.
The Two Who Stood Witness: Mary and John
By Jim Sedlak
Today we pause to remember a day in history when the Lord God, Jesus Christ, in humble obedience to His Father, suffered and died for the creatures He created.
What Is True Peace? Is It Something We Can Really Have in Life?
By Rob Gasper
Our Lord speaks of peace throughout the gospels, often in contrast with the peace the world has to offer.
The Tenth Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s Death Penalty
By Mark Mostert
In Florida, persons condemned to death have a choice of how their death sentence will be carried out.
Basketball, Contraception, and Our Nation’s Future
By Jim Sedlak
March Madness! It’s that time of year again when college basketball teams are vying for the national title and almost everyone gets involved.
The Secular ‘Twilight Zone’
By Rey Flores
Cue Twilight Zone music and pan into Rod Serling smoking a cigarette.
Parents the Primary Educators of Their Children
By Dr. Thomas Ward
It is a challenge to our families to replace today’s dominant culture of death with all its attacks on human normality: on life, love, sexuality, marriage, family, and indeed Christianity itself.
To Serve and Protect: A Dad’s Reflections
By Kurt Kondrich
Can I hold my daughter please? My wife Margie delivered our daughter Chloe on May 16, 2003, and I knew there was something wrong in the doctor’s look and voice.
Do Catholic Leaders Believe in Sin Anymore?
By Jim Sedlak
If Catholic leaders do still believe in sin, many sure don’t act like it.
CRS and Catholic Teaching: Why the Dichotomy?
By Michael Hichborn
In 2008, noted theologian Germain Grisez wrote an article entitled “The Church Betrayed?” In this article, Grisez discusses the troubling nature of a Catholic Relief Services memo regarding the dissemination of information on condom use through its HIV/AIDS programs overseas.
Satan’s Party
By Jim Sedlak
You may have missed it. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, was a day of celebration among certain segments of the American population.