Newest Charlie Hebdo Makes Fun of the Pope
The newest issue of Charlie Hebdo makes fun of the Pope. I doubt that the editorial staff is worried about a violent response to this. After all, they’ve already printed quite a number of issues...
View ArticleThe Crusades, Christian Bashing and Our Two-Tier Educational System
Our two-tier educational system has become essentially a trade-school education for people who live in most of the zips codes of these United States. Among other things that kids in most of our schools...
View ArticleBrother of Two ISIS Victims Testifies to Their Christian Faith
The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered in Libya used live television (17 February) to thank their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video of their...
View ArticleHistory of the Crusades: Islamic Spain was NOT the ‘Ornament of the World’
The version of the Crusades being pushed by the media and much of our educational bureaucracy is not history. It is propaganda. The idea that Islamic Spain was an Edenic “Ornament of the World” is...
View ArticleFrom Hitler to the BTK Killer, How Do You Forgive a Monster?
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. Corrie Ten Boom Corrie Ten Boom’s story was pivotal in my growth...
View ArticleIndiana’s Religious Freedom Law and Holy Week
Indiana’s governor is at the center of a firestorm because he signed a religious freedom law. I am aware that any Catholic blogger, especially a Catholic blogger who writes about politics, should be...
View Article5 Ways to Do Holy Thursday for Shut Ins and Shut Outs
Go to mass tonight if you can. You will be blessed. If you’re sick or you have to work or for some other reason you cannot go, try to take a moment to think on Jesus. You may be so busy or in such a...
View Article10 Things You can Do to Save Your Family and Change the World
I’m going to launch into the political ramifications of the Supreme Court Decision destroying marriage as a legal construct in a day or so. But before I do, I want to make a simple point: Conversion of...
View ArticleWe Can Convert this Culture. The Only Thing Lacking is Leadership.
We can convert this culture. The only thing lacking is leadership. That’s my take in a post I wrote for the National Catholic Register on two of the most recent polls about the Catholic Church in...
View ArticleMen: Your Women and Children Need You
Bishop Olmsted has written a powerful call for Catholic men to step up and be men. I am particularly impressed because he did this without attacking women. A couple of his brother bishops might take a...
View ArticleHow to Tell the World that You Love Jesus
Evangelization is not only awkward to say, most of us find it awkward to do. It’s all very well to talk about converting this culture. But how do we do that? Is there a roadmap somewhere to help us on...
View ArticleI’m Free. And So are You.
I know that it is a settled fact that Brett Kavanaugh is on the United States Supreme Court for as long as he lives. However, sexual assault, rape and child molesting are no more acceptable to me now...
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