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• About That War on Women...

  

  ... it is indeed happening: The Obama administration has renewed its attempt to force a Catholic religious order, the Little Sisters of the Poor, to comply... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 SOCIETY

• Sacramental Grace as "substance" Poured from a Bucket

  

  Mark Shea has an unmatched way of explaining all things Catholic and in this post, he write about how the Sacraments aren't merely symbolic images of grace but... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "... the Orcs Are Busy and Growing and Nearing the Ramparts…"

  

  Victor Davis Hanson: To deal with a Major Hasan, Americans cannot cite his environment as the cause, at least not poverty, racism, religious bigotry, nativism,... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 SOCIETY

• Why Did the NFL Wait This Long to Take Action Against Ray Rice?

  

  I could be so full of crap here it isn't funny but I'm trusting someone will let me know if what I'm about to write is way off-base.  God knows I've been... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "What Was Once a Request to Live and Let Live Has Now Become a Demand for...

  

  The Archbishop of Chicago, Francis Eugene George, wonders how much longer Catholic thinking will be tolerated in the public aquare: In recent years, society... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 SOCIETY

• Today, We Celebrate the Birthday of the Mother of God

  

  From the Catechism: 487 What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines in turn... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "The Lesson I Was Trying to Teach Them Was a Shadow of What They Were Unwittingl...

  

  Tod Worner is a father to two little girls and last week, he set out to teach them a little about the faith.  He ended up learning something as well: We had jus... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "Find a Spouse Who is Willing to Die for You. And Then You Be Willing to Die...

  

  A week ago yesterday, my oldest son was married.  The wedding was beautiful, the bride more so.  It was an emotional event for me particularly when I was asked... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 SOCIETY

• Do Catholics Believe in Narrow Grace?

  

  Mark Shea takes on the question and his answer is a resounding no: To understand the Catholic take on this question, we have to understand what the Church is an... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 SOCIETY

• The End is Near

  

  Ok, maybe not the end... but certainly an asteroid will be very near on Sunday, according to NASA: A small asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will safely pass very... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "The First Thing to Be Said About This Modern Nature Worship is That It is Most...

  

  David Mills is taking on the nature bigots who ridicule religion: Nature is entirely selfish and utterly amoral. It’s indifferent to pain. It’s soaked in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "Purgatory Lets Us Grieve Without Despair and Praise God’s Mercy Without...

  

  Arguably one of the most criticized yet most misunderstood of Catholic doctrines is purgatory.  John Goerke takes on the task of explaining why it's a gift to u... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "This is the Church: a Mother Who Has at Heart the Good of Her Children."

  

  Hard to believe it's been nearly three and a half years to the day: On the banks of the Tiber river lies the city of Rome, home and center of Catholicism. Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 SOCIETY

• This is Just Embarrassing

  

  Excerpts from the President's press conference earlier today in Estonia: "Our objective is clear, and that is to degrade and destroy ISIL so that it’s no... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 SOCIETY

• Trying to Understand

  

  Five different news pieces have captured my attention this morning.    The first, of course, is the one of which most are now aware, the beheading of a second... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "What Rothingham Puts Me in Mind of is the Behavior of the Conqueror."

  

  Elizabeth Scalia is covering that which many of you have likely not heard: For days I avoided the story, as I know many others have. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "Sometimes I See My Role as Father as the Enforcer, the Protector, but I Should...

  

  Love this about fatherhood from Matthew Archbold: Sometimes I see my role as father as the enforcer, the protector, but I should never forget to be the example. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "The Clearest Sign That Something Special is Going on Here"

  

  “And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?” — Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch Ever wondered why some... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "... of Course the World’s Liberated View of Sexuality and Feminine “power” is S...

  

  Chris Stefanick has that and a few more things to say about Katy Perry's latest music video: Hip-hop and rap “love songs” seem to be ever more about the person... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 SOCIETY

• "Mr Gore...failed to Respond to a Request for Comment"

  

  The British, covering the news U.S. media refuses to cover: The speech by former US Vice-President Al Gore was apocalyptic. ‘The North Polar ice cap is falling... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 SOCIETY