Proclamation on Holy Love Ministries Will Test Hearts and Obedience

November 20th, 2009 by Patti Maguire Armstrong

Finally, the Church has spoken authoritatively on Holy Love Ministries and its 83-acre site of Maranatha Spring and Shrine in Ohio. Despite all the usual Catholic trappings — chapel, statues, rosaries and religious bookstore, not to mention the throngs from…

Oh, Be Unreasonable!

November 19th, 2009 by Christi Derr

G.K. Chesterton once wittily advised, “Don’t be so open minded your brains fall out.” This comment recently came to mind when reflecting on the general response to the infusion of the occult into our culture. For some time now we have witnessed…

The Four Last Things: Hell

November 18th, 2009 by Mark Shea

Hell is clearly the biggest loser in the Four Last Things Popularity Poll. If there were anything in the Tradition we could get rid of, this would obviously be the thought of everlasting damnation.

The ancient Catholic truth about Hell should…

They Don’t Know Anything!

November 17th, 2009 by Marlon De La Torre

One quiet evening, I decided to call my brother to ask how his new teaching position as a religion teacher was going. His first position took him to an all-boy’s Catholic high school in Southern California. After an initial pause…

Jesus Is Waiting - Don’t Forget To RSVP!

November 16th, 2009 by Gary Zimak

How would our lives be different if we lived 2,000 years ago and actually got to witness Jesus perform miracles or had the chance to meet Him personally? Would our faith be greater? Would we trust Him more? In today’s hectic world, many…

George Schroeder, M.D.: Witness to the Wall and to Socialized Medicine

November 14th, 2009 by Dr. Paul Kengor

Dr. George Schroeder, MD, MS, FACEP, FAAUCM, is a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and the executive director of medical affairs for the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine. He…

Q & A with OH MY GOD Filmmaker Peter Rodger

November 13th, 2009 by Tom Allen

In an age of Sam Harris’ The End of Faith and Christopher Hitchens’ God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything , it might be considered a minor miracle when an artist-observer-seeker in our day has the depth, courage and intellectual honesty…

Fort Hood, Vatican II, and Regensburg

November 12th, 2009 by Louie Verrecchio

What do Fort Hood, Vatican II and Regensburg have in common? More than you might think.

As details continue to emerge surrounding last week’s massacre at Fort Hood, which wounded nearly  three dozen people and left thirteen others dead, the consequences…

The Four Last Things: Judgment

November 11th, 2009 by Mark Shea

The second of what the Catholic tradition calls the “Four Last Things” is Judgment.

Judgment is about as popular a concept as root canals. And yet the desire for judgment never really goes away in the human soul. Every other episode…

Theology of the Body and Chastisement of the Flesh: A Response to the Recent Debate

November 10th, 2009 by Matthew Fish

Christopher West appeared on Nightline last May and fervid demarcation resulted. Somewhat contrary sides took turns criticizing and defending West’s popular efforts in interpreting John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Now that West himself speaks , we no longer have to…

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