The Church and the Age of Reformations (1350-1650): Martin Luther, the Renaissance, and the Council of Trent. Joseph T. and Barbara A. Stuart. Reviewed by Argene Águila Clasara. (skip to review) Forming Fathers: Seminary Wisdom for Every … [Read more...]
Questions Answered – December 2022
November 25, 2022 by Fr. Brian Mullady, OP
The Mass as Sacrifice Question: Why do you call the Mass a sacrifice? Does not Paul say the sacrifice of the Gentiles is a sacrifice to demons? “A broken and contrite heart O Lord thou will not despise,” I read in the psalms. Answer: Sac … [Read more...]
What Is True Mercy?
February 26, 2020 by Rev. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, MIC
Is mercy merely the affirmation, allowance, or clemency an authority figure extends toward a subject — in light of the subject’s understanding of an act he or she desires to engage in given a specific circumstance? Or, is mercy something muc … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – February 2020
February 26, 2020 by Book Reviews
Habits for a Healthy Marriage: A Handbook for Catholic Couples By Richard P. Fitzgibbons. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. (skip to review) Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination By John Corvino, Ryan Anderson, and Sherif … [Read more...]
The Intentional Killing of an Innocent Human Being Is the Worst Sin!
September 4, 2019 by Fr. Irby C. Nichols
Life is the first right, on which all the others are based, and which cannot be recuperated once it is lost. – St. John Paul II. This essay is intended to help pro-life apologists address the issue of abortion in parishes, homes, and the … [Read more...]
Book Reviews – July 2019
July 26, 2019 by Book Reviews
A Concise Guide to Catholic Social Teaching By Kevin E. McKenna. Reviewed by Christopher Siuzdak. (skip to review) The Abolition of Women: How Radical Feminism Is Betraying Women By Fiorella Nash. Reviewed by Marcus Benedict Peter. … [Read more...]
The Color Pink and Abortion Glee
Toward Comprehending the Incomprehensible Events in New York on January 22, 2019
May 31, 2019 by Roseanne T. Sullivan
For many decades in most parts of the U.S., at least since the 1940s, the color pink was associated with girl babies and cute girly things. In 2017, feminists started wearing cat-eared pink hats as obscene symbols for women’s “rights.” With … [Read more...]
Integral Ecology and the Ecological Virtues in Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’
November 29, 2015 by Dr. Matthew J. Ramage, PhD
Introduction Several weeks ago, I made a conscious decision to refrain from reading too much secondary literature on Pope Francis’s impending encyclical, Laudato Si’. And by noon on the day of its release, I was almost depressed. A flood of … [Read more...]
A Due-Process Compliant Pathway to Restore Constitutional Fetal Personhood and Reverse Roe v. Wade
March 11, 2015 by Philip Rafferty
“The power of the modern state {including one of its arms, such as its highest court} makes it possible for it to turn lies into truth by destroying the facts which existed before, and by making new realities to form what until then had b … [Read more...]
Youth and Technology Revitalize the Pro-Life Movement
March 24, 2014 by Mary Beth Smith
So, why are college campuses “ground zero” for pro-life activism? Because Gallup Poll statistics report that upon entering college, 47 percent of women were pro-life, but by graduation 73 percent said they were pro-choice. The equation “ … [Read more...]
The Person of Jesus Unites Himself with the Unborn
January 18, 2014 by Robert J. Boackle, PhD
I began to meditate on the awesome truth that Almighty God, became fully human, feeding on nutrients and oxygen within the blood of his Blessed Mother, as is every human fetus fed by his or her natural mother. ...Jesus teaches, by his … [Read more...]
God and Caesar
November 20, 2013 by Fr. James Swetnam, SJ
In the Catholic view, the religious sphere is based on the virtue of faith. This faith is a gift of God ... In contrast, according to this Catholic view, the civil sphere is based on experience illumined by faith. That is to say, it is … [Read more...]
Encouragement vs. Cynicism: An Easter Reflection
April 11, 2013 by Rev. Romanus Cessario, OP
“The community of believers was of one heart and mind” (Acts 4:32) Icon of St. Barnabas and ancient mosaic of the "Procession of Early Christian Martyrs" It has become commonplace today to spread about the faults of priests. One deve … [Read more...]
Betrayal or Integrity
July 14, 2012 by Arland K. Nichols
When it comes to protecting the right to life of the most vulnerable human being in our midst, the infant in the womb, there is no “middle ground” or “common ground” to be found. Human dignity must be protected and upheld. Imagine for a … [Read more...]
Pro-lifers vs. relativism
Editorial, November 2010
November 1, 2010 by Fr. Kenneth Baker, SJ
The struggle between anti-abortion and pro-abortion groups in recent years, highlighted and brought to a peak in the debate over Obama’s healthcare bill, goes way beyond the issue of abortion and the right to life. The struggle is not just b … [Read more...]
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