While reading several reports out of Europe on the recent election of France's new president, socialist Francois Hollande, I came across...

Dear Diane and I are leaving tomorrow for points slightly north...North Carolina to be exact. I haven't posted too much recently but hop...

A parishioner just sent me a link to this remarkable video that encourages Catholic voters to think seriously about the real issues in the ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is my latest hero. He's been leading the Church's charge against the Obama administration's a...

Pakistani Christians Protest Pakistan [from AsiaNews] . Finally, out of Pakistan comes some good news for Christians. Asif Masih (24), ...

This is more than a little change of pace from my usual post, but as an old, retired naval aviator, I couldn't resist sharing this video...

In advance of our trip to Ireland later this year, I've been scouring the web for information in the form of tips, apps, guides and anyt...

Thomas Wenski, our former bishop here in Orlando and now the Archbishop of Miami, spoke to a reporter while in Rome for his ad limina visit...

There's a new website designed to help parents teach their children the basics of their Catholic faith. Called ABCatholic.com the site ...

I find it both interesting and disturbing that so many biblical scholars disbelieve most of what's in the Bible. The so-called "Dav...

Have you ever watched one of those UFO "documentaries" that appear now and again on various cable channels? Usually I just click t...

Today, for the first time in a several weeks, I stepped away from all the things that seem to monopolize my time, and just sat down to read ...

The following is a brief reflection on the Eucharist I gave to a group on May 2, the feast of St. Athanasius. In case you missed it, today...

Readings: Acts 9:26-31; Ps 22; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8 About 35 years ago Diane and I bought a house in the country outside San Diego. I...

Thanks to our dear friends, the Lees, Diane and I will travel to Ireland at the end of the summer. Our friends called to tell us they had a ...

Well, I missed it yesterday. Have to wait another year to celebrate. Johannes Kepler, the 17th century mathematician and physicist who ...

Readings: Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118; 1 Jn 3:1-2; Jn 10:11-18 We call today, the 4th Sunday of Easter, “Good Shepherd Sunday.” It’s a day in o...

It's been a while since I've posted anything on the blog. My only excuse is the busyness of life and, paradoxically, the need to ste...

Readings: Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 St. Paul wrote that between the Resurrection and the Ascension more than 50...