Featured-Medium

Scripture Speaks: Pentecost Sunday

by Gayle Somers May 17, 2013

On Resurrection Day, Jesus breathed on His disciples, a gesture odd in itself but packed with meaning for our celebration of Pentecost today.
Gospel (Read Jn 20:19-23)
Today’s [May 19] Gospel tells us that Jesus surprised the disciples “on the…

Read the full article →

The Narrow Gate

by Judy Keane May 16, 2013

I think we can all agree that today’s world is filled with a multitude of enticing distractions where everything is available to us in the form of megamalls, megaplexes, massive sports venues, super centers and endless cable TV channels that…

Read the full article →

R.I.P., American Family

by Dr. Paul Kengor May 15, 2013

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Kengor_Catholic_American Family RIP_051313
Liberalism is at it again. This time it’s teaming up with gay activists. With the assistance of emotionally charged slogans like tolerance and diversity—always applied selectively—liberals have set their sights on the American family. And it will…

Read the full article →

Confronting Gendercide

by Michael Cook May 14, 2013

India and China are not the only countries with lop-sided sex ratios due to sex-selective abortions. Georgia, a former member of the USSR in the Caucasus with a population of about 4.5 million, has a distorted sex ratio at birth…

Read the full article →

When You Say ‘Gay Marriage is Inevitable,’ Do You Mean Rich People Want It?

by Jennifer Morse May 13, 2013

You have no doubt heard the news that gay marriage is inevitable. The New York state legislature redefined marriage in 2011. Rhode Island redefined marriage earlier this week. Delaware just removed the gender requirement from marriage. Minnesota is poised to…

Read the full article →

Mary and May: Why They Go Together So Well

by Sarah Reinhard May 9, 2013

This is one of those years where it’s striking me particularly hard that May is Mary’s month.
As busy, as crazy, as chaotic as it is, it’s Mary’s month.
As hare-brained as I am, as filled to the max with…

Read the full article →

What Modern Medicine Is Missing

by Christina Davis May 8, 2013

As the world of medicine changes in the United States, its founding principles become more daily compromised and challenged. Medical ethics have become defined by limiting, human institutes such as the Code of Medical Ethics by the American Medical Association,…

Read the full article →

Total Brain Death: Valid Criterion of Death?

by Patrick Lee and Germain Grisez May 7, 2013

Total brain death–the complete and irreversible cessation of functioning of all parts of the brain–has been widely accepted in ethics and law as a valid criterion for pronouncing the death of a human being. But in the last fifteen years,…

Read the full article →

Same Sex Marriage: The Anonymous Power at Work

by Dr. Paul Kengor May 6, 2013

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Kengor_Catholic_Gay Marriage Anonymous Power_042213
One of my favorite quotes from Pope Benedict XVI deals with Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Benedict states:
“Judas is neither a master of evil nor the figure of a demoniacal power of darkness but rather a…

Read the full article →

This Sunday’s Gospel :The Paraclete

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. May 3, 2013

He wore steel rimmed glasses and had hair to the middle of his back.  The fringe on his buck-skinned jacket bounced as he walked.
At least that was the way I was accustomed to seeing Mike as he bopped around…

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →