Readings: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12 • Psalm 103 • Mt 11:25-27 A few nights ago I watched a show that discussed a number of recent discoveries by astr...

Although I shouldn't be, I am always a little surprised when I read of new archaeological discoveries in Rome. When visiting the city we...

Every year World Watch List (WWL) takes a look at the persecution of Christians throughout the world and ranks the 50 countries with the wor...

I think sometimes, because we live in the midst of change, we don't always recognize how much change our world has undergone in recent t...

Today was one of those busy days when the timing seems to work out just right. First, Diane had volunteered to be the cook at the Soup Kitch...

We've all heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World : Colossus of Rhodes Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Lig...

One of the almost unreported consequences of abortion, particularly in the less developed nations of the world, is the significant loss of f...

I like to think of those who read this blog as a select group, not representative of the population as a whole. And it is through this mediu...

Readings: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34; 2 Tim 4:6-8,17-18; Mt 16:13-19 For those of us who constantly struggle to live our faith in a world incre...

As I've mentioned recently, one of the books I'm rereading this summer is the second volume Pope Benedict's remarkable work, Jes...