I thought I'd share my homily for the 16 th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 19. Readings: Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23; Eph 2:13-18; Mk 6:30-34 ...

Today is my father's 100th birthday. John McCarthy, born July 24, 1909, almost made it all the way but returned to the Father a few year...

Today's post on visiting Rome will be a change of pace and will address some of things you'll want to take with you (and some things...

It looks like our President may be burning a very important bridge behind him, the bridge that for years has connected a majority of the nat...

Well, folks, the moronic wing-nuts, who have for years questioned the fact of the Apollo Program moon landings, have added another screwy on...

A few days ago, I passed along some gratuitous tips on traveling to Rome, and today I intend to subject you to a second round of informative...

CatholicVote.org has released a new TV ad. Very timely...

This morning I came across a comment by Allahpundit, the anonymous blogger who now blogs on Michelle Malkin's hotair.com . He addresses ...

Uh-oh. It's been only 10 months since our last visit to Rome, but Diane and I are once again itching to return. We've made a number ...

I'm no economist, although I did shuffle my way through a few graduate courses in economics way back when. Indeed, my only vivid memory ...

The Vatican published Pope Benedict's latest encyclical, Caritas in veritate , on July 7. I read it through once, but will have to read ...

Yesterday at noon our parish, St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Wildwood, Florida, celebrated a healing Mass that brought in over 500 people. He...