Month May 2007
The Motion Picture Association of America just announced that smoking itself will be considered as a factor in its ratings system and depictions that glamorize smoking, or movies that feature pervasive smoking, may receive ratings that do not allow children… Continue Reading →
Revenge is like a poison that can turn us into something ugly,” says Aunt May to Peter Parker in Spiderman 3. There’s a whole lot of Christianity in the new installment of the superhero trilogy. When Peter finds out who… Continue Reading →
Does everything seem smaller to you? I know they say the world is shrinking because of the internet, high speed travel, and communications. That’s a good thing in many ways. But I mean it differently. And in not such a… Continue Reading →
Deo Gratias! POPE Benedict today warned Catholic politicians they risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion. It was the first time that the Pope, speaking to reporters aboard the plane taking him on… Continue Reading →
My smug-o-meter shot off the charts this week following the GOP debate. The liberal elite so abhors those who believe in God they forget that most of us do actually do. During the recent GOP debate on MSNBC, three candidates… Continue Reading →
The wisdom of the Church has been known for millenia, and now science has “proven” it: high ceilings are good for expansive, creative thinking, and one might infer, prayer and meditation. A recent study at the University of Minnesota suggests… Continue Reading →
Here’s some food for thought: people seem to like devotional, sentimental music at Mass whether or not it relates to the day’s readings or the awesome sacrifice of the Mass itself. The truth of the matter is that properly speaking,… Continue Reading →
According to the Associated Press, King Herod’s tomb may have been found in…guess where…Herodium!!!! Who would’ve thought to look there? Duh! Come on guys, 2,000 years of looking and nobody thought to look for Herod’s tomb in Herodium? I weep… Continue Reading →
The Ordinary Ministers of the Media have clearly gotten their marching orders on how to cover the Pope’s upcoming visit to Brazil. We blogged via satire on this point a few days ago in Pope’s Last Ditch Effort CancelledTake a… Continue Reading →
That’s my favorite headline of the day from the “Southern Illinosian.” I know the author works with Catholic Social Services and I’m sure she’s great at her job but I’m not sure her article has the effect she intended. Would… Continue Reading →