I started the first version of this blog on June 1, 2002–my son’s 13th birthday. I was encouraged to start by a friend, who had pointed me to some examples of some Catholic bloggers. It was the height of the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic church, and the blog provided an outlet to discuss…

It’s an old carol set to an older tune that asks an ancient question that we face anew each year at this time: What Child is this, who laid to rest On Mary’s lap, is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet, While shepherds watch are keeping? The baby in the manger remains an icon…

I posted this initially in September, but am bumping it up so that it’s on your mind in this final stretch of the rush toward Christmas. It’s not too early to be thinking about Christmas. You know the decorations will soon be in the stores. Are you disappointed with the commercialism and the crush of…

The First Amendment is clear. It isn’t the responsibility  of the government to “protect the sanctity” of anything that anyone considers sacred.

A senator says denying women abortion is like denying men Viagra. Well, no. The one helps a bodily organ function properly. The other rips bodily organs of a developing child apart.

In an article about religion reporting comes this quote (source) from Brother Paul Bednarczyk, the executive director of the National Religious Vocation Conference: “When asked to rate the encouragement they received when they first considered entering their religious institutes,” Brother Bednarczyk told the bishops, “newer entrants ranked family members (parents, brothers and sisters), people in…