A good place to be: A local bar can be more than a place to get a drink...
I want a girlfriend for Christmas. Can you, like, get me one?” The very large young man at the stool next to me leaned over. We’re at our local place, a few days before Christmas, watching the Steelers embarrass themselves. Again.
Get your popcorn ready: Pope St. Hyginus, Boos for Cardinal Cupich, and more...
Pope Hyginus was Bishop of Rome from 137 until 142 AD. It is sometimes said that he died a martyr, but it’s pretty hard to verify that. What is known, though, is that Pope Hyginus battled the Gnostic heresy, decreed that churches had to be consecrated before Mass could be celebrated inside them, and established the practice of baptismal sponsors for the baptism of infants — Pope Hyginus basically came up with the idea of godparents...
Pope calls for COVID vaccine 'reality check' in annual address to ambassadors from 183 nations...
Is Pope Francis at risk in the Vatican London trial?
An old juridical principle is that " Prima sede a nemine iudicatur," i.e., the head seat cannot be prosecuted by anyone. And it is the principle that the Vatican prosecutors seem to invoke when, in the interrogation of Monsignor Alberto Perlasca, whose audio was leaked, they say that no, Monsignor Perlasca would not want to contradict the Pope ...
Cardinal Cupich booed and heckled by some at Chicago March for Life rally...
The Baptism of the Lord is the end of Christmastide...
All right! Baptism of the Lord, and then let’s plunge into Ordinary Time. Are you wondering how this works? How we have the Baptism of the Lord and then the next Sunday is the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time? It’s a wording issue. Yes, the Baptism of the Lord, which is generally celebrated on the Sunday after January 6...
In Reversal, Missionaries of Charity in India Again Permitted to Receive Foreign Donations...
In 2022, there's little cause for optimism, but much cause for hope...
While history is always full of surprises, including happy ones, I must confess that I’m not full of Pentecostal joy as I consider the next 12 months. World politics are likely to be grim. The Russian bear will continue his aggression in Ukraine, perhaps kinetically. China will intensify its pressure on Taiwan after the Winter Olympics...
Space, money, and cat people...
I hope you had a blessed and solemn Epiphany, or Capitol Riot Day, whichever occasion you mark with greater religious devotion in your home. On January 6, or the nearest Sunday, if you’re a killjoy bureaucrat who likes cutting Christmas short, we mark the magi from the East receiving a theophany, and the openness of God’s plan of salvation to all of mankind...
The trials of Jerusalem are a foreshadowing of the trials of the Church, and of the trials of Christ Himself...
We must remember that a great deal of what we find in the Old Testament, which is true of God’s activity in Israel historically, is also a foreshadowing of Christ and the Church. Moses is a foreshadowing or “type” of Christ; Israel and Jerusalem are foreshadowings or “types” of both the Church and of Heaven itself. This is why we can read many things...
The physics of Wile E. Coyote’s 10-billion-volt electromagnet...
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There’s a surprising connection between Gary Cooper, Ernest Hemingway and Our Lady of Fatima...
Girls 6/9 month dress cute for Christmas pictures
From the peripheries of ‘Traditiones Custodes,’ a plea to the bishops...
Regarding marriage, children and pets, Pope Francis tells it like it is...
Watch this Disney park pianist plays blisteringly fast...
Are Latin Mass wars over politics or doctrine? Don't ask the media...
ay too many journalists view religious events and trends through a strictly political lens and, thus, miss the power and importance of many debates about doctrine and worship. Well, that’s not quite right. Journalists will care about debates about Holy Communion — when they affect the president of the United States or other political leaders...
The Satanic Deception of Tarot Cards...
Pope Francis Begins Shakeup of CDF With Ouster of High-Ranking Official...
Three Persons to Know...
The Baptism of the Lord We are born into a mysterious universe. We enter this world, which we did not design or create, experiencing instincts and desires we do not understand. In the beginning it is not even obvious that the milk we nurse on has a source outside of us. But soon we realize...
The Bountiful Blessings of Baptism—A Homily for the Baptism of the Lord...
Today’s Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a moment to reflect not only on the Lord’s Baptism but on our own. In an extended sense, when Christ is baptized, so are we, for we are members of His Body. As Christ enters the water, He makes holy the water that will baptize us. He enters the water, and we who are members of His Body go with Him...
Seen here are Royal Marines boarding a high-speed ship using cutting-edge jetpack technology...
Kansas State football player Landry Weber plans to enter the seminary...
The Pope’s stalled Vatican reforms...
Informed sources in Rome predict that the long-awaited apostolic constitution reorganizing the offices of the Roman Curia will be released sometime early this year. But then, informed sources said exactly the same thing last year. And two years ago, more than a few Vatican-watchers thought the document would be published early in 2020...
This article about the Colorado wildfires is full of insurance tips everyone needs to know...
Biblical archaeology’s top 10 discoveries of 2021...
12 reasons why I think the Magi were Arabs, not Persians...
My book The Mystery of the Magi was published a few years ago, and in it I made two astounding claims: First, that the Magi really did exist. The story is not a fairytale invented by the early church. Second, that the Magi came from the neighboring kingdom of Nabatea–that is the trading nation that occupied present day Jordan...
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Dear Catholic vegetarians: Eating fake meat isn’t going to save the planet...
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