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Head on over to check out my latest post in Catholic Lane’s weekly series “Front Row With Francis” which provides reflections on the Holy Father’s weekly audiences. This week, the Pope reflected on the charisms, their definition and our use of them to build up the Church. The Holy Father’s words personally challenged me and…
In a story that could only happen in the rarified world of progressive narcissism, a lesbian couple are suing a sperm bank because the product they ordered–a child who exists to accessorize them–is defective. The defect? She’s the wrong color.Because it’s all about celebrating diversity.God help that poor kid.
He writes:First Things has just published my article, “Dietrich von Hildebrand and our Times” –which pays tribute to von Hildebrand , and highlights his new book, My Battle Against Hitler (published by Random House’s Image Books), which is imbued with Judeo-Christian principles and is thus applicable to our times–indeed, all times.A great man and great…
…is under discussion over at the Register.
Sean Salai, SJ, at America writes:Continuing my Pope Francis theme from our interview last week, I thought my interview today with Patti Gallagher Mansfield on Pope Francis and the Charismatic Renewal might interest you.Patti met Francis at the Catholic charismatic convention he attended in Rome last summer — he even mentioned her by name in…
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather…
A reader writes:A local homeschool family here is raising funds to adopt a special needs child. This is the link to their fundraising site:Help Rita come Home. (the Erb family)It’s today’s shot at making some love happen!
Has man’s God-given vocation been entirely lost sight of? Look around you. You live in a world that has lost faith. Religion has been replaced by work and achievement. In such a world, men take work very seriously. They want nothing less than perfection in it. Hence, their goal and their norm of judgment is…
This just landed in my mailbox:I’m writing to let you know about a special project my wife and I are working on titled “Catching Faith.” It’s a faith-based film featuring Bill Engvall and many other talented cast members. The story starts with a family who puts their social standing within their community above their own…
Here. I wonder what Orwell thought. He could be so good, but then his hostility to the Church would always queer the pitch.