Year 2013
On a story on Pope Francis, the New York Times was forced to issue a correction on what’s a pretty basic tenet of Christianity. Check this out. Laugh or pull your hair out, depending on your disposition. Correction: April 1,… Continue Reading →
A California man who’s been faithfully watching “The Bible” on The History Channel erupted in anger during Easter Sunday mass, accusing the priest of ruining the ending of the high rated miniseries. “Why would the priest ruin the ending like… Continue Reading →
Amen and amen. The Pope crashed a priest’s Holy Thursday lunch and had these words to say about confession which I sum up this way. If you get in the confessional and turn on the light, they will come. Oh… Continue Reading →
Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday Homily to the Pope and Curia, …We must do everything possible so that the Church may never look like that complicated and cluttered castle described by Kafka, and the message may come out of it… Continue Reading →
My wife recently chaperoned a dance for junior high schoolers at a Catholic school. She working the door when another of the chaperones, a father of one of the students in attendance, hurried over and asked her what he was… Continue Reading →
Of course. The media is nothing if not consistent. CNN.com lead story on Easter Sunday challenges notion that early Christians were persecuted. I am sure they will say the same thing after they feed us to the lions. *subhead*Persecution? What… Continue Reading →
Almost 2 billion Christians are celebrating the most holy day of their year. Google, as is their custom, cannot let such a day uncommemorated on their customized homepage. Happy Eas…? Seriously? Easter Sunday and Google chooses to commemorate the 86th… Continue Reading →
Happy Easter! Here’s Pope Francis’ Easter message: Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! What a joy it is for me to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like it to go out… Continue Reading →
Much discussed these last days, the Pope disregarded the rubrics surrounding the washing of feet. Also much discussed, the Pope has rejected tradition in multiple other very visible ways. Also, widely reported is the Pope’s commentary that the Church should… Continue Reading →
But…But…But it’s a cross! The poor atheists took a beating this Holy Week when a judge said the cross that was formed from the rubble of the World Trade Center can stay as part of the 9-11 Memorial. Surely, this… Continue Reading →