Pope Benedict, quoted in the book-interview with Peter Seewald, Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times , states...

Just in case you missed it last month, here's a video that encapsulates Pope Benedict's visit to the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in ...

If you've been following this blog for the past few weeks, you'll know that Diane and I spent some time in Barcelona last month. We...

A lot of people -- and not just Protestants, but many Catholics as well -- seem not to understand the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception ...

While the lovely Diane and several of her friends play mahjong in the living room, I have subjected myself to a self-imposed exile in the de...

Readings: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72; Rom 14:4-9; Mt 3:1-12 "Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths." My dad used to read...

Archaeologists conducting excavations at Fag el-Gamous in Egypt have made some interesting discoveries that conflict with what many "ex...

After writing today's earlier post on secularism is Spain, I came across a video showing the remarkable enthusiasm of the Spanish people...

Having just returned from a trip during which we spent about a week in Barcelona, I couldn't help but notice the obvious secularism of t...

There seems to be a widely held belief in the West that only a small minority of Muslims support Islamist terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda or ...

Have you seen the billboard put up by a group calling itself American Atheists ? It's located in North Bergen, NJ right outside the entr...

Yesterday I mentioned Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman and mother of five who has been sentenced to death for blasphemy. In truth, s...

Late last month 90% of the members of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Parish in Calgary, Alberta, Canada voted to "accept, unreserved...

After our stop at Livorno and our brief excursion to Siena, our cruise ship, the Norwegian Jade , continued south along the Italian coast an...