In my spare time I've been reading Charles Péguy's long poem, "The Portal of the Mystery of Hope." Even in translation, it...

For all of you Bible Study folks out there and for all others who seek God's truth in His Word, here's a another wonderful document ...

I haven't posted very much lately, largely because I've been consumed by the preparations for a 10-hour mini-course on Sacramental T...

So often, it seems, when Christians are attacked or persecuted in Muslim countries, the majority of Muslims say little or nothing in their d...

After an absolutely wonderful visit with us here in Florida, our elder daughter, our son-in-law, and five of our beautiful grandchildren ret...

The Vatican has released, in advance, the Holy Father's annual address for World Peace Day, January 1, 2011. In his address Pope Benedic...

According to the Indonesian constitution, citizens of every religion have the right to practice their faith, and no one can prohibit religio...

Readings 1 Jn 2:3-11; Psalm 96; Lk 2:22-35 _____________ In today’s Gospel passage from Luke, we witness the Holy Family in Jerusalem to ...

Rome Reports has put together a five-minute video addressing what it considers the top ten news stories from the Vatican in 2010. It seemed...

With all the strangeness in the world to distract us, it is easy to forget that God continues to bless our lives with one miracle after anot...

The growing antipathy toward Christians in much of the Muslim world has taken a new twist. The leading jihadist terrorist group, al-Qaeda, h...

Readings: Sir 3:2-6,12-14; Ps 128; Col 3:12-21; Mt 2:13-15,19-23 _______________ As a deacon, husband, father and grandfather, there are ...

Although it hasn't received very much coverage by the mainstream media, our president has been habitually misquoting the Declaration of ...

The Christ-child lay on Mary's lap, His hair was like a light. (O weary, weary were the world, But here is all aright.) The ...

Pope Benedict XVI delivered a special Christmas greeting to the people of the United Kingdom and, indeed, to all English-speaking people. It...

Asia News, the Catholic online news organization, is an excellent source of information on the worldwide persecution of Christians. It also ...

Our daughter, son-in-law and their five beautiful children have arrived from Massachusetts and will monopolize most of our waking moments (...

Tessa Dahl, the daughter of two famous people, Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal, has spent much of her adult life fighting addictions and surviv...

The below video is a debate between Robert Spencer and Peter Kreeft on the subject of Islam and its impact on Christianity. It took place in...

Just to demonstrate how far we have fallen morally in the West, of the 27 nations that now make up the European Union only two -- Ireland an...