[BBC News] Newly elected Pope Francis has met his predecessor for lunch, the first time such a meeting has been possible for more than 600 years. Pope Francis was flown by helicopter…
A U.S. District Court judge today dismissed Franciscan University of Steubenville’s lawsuit against the HHS contraceptive mandate. This is not a defeat on the actual merits of the case but simply on…
Archbishop Chaput’s columns are always worth a read. This one on “Holy Week and the Path to Easter” is especially good. One of many takeaways: “The better we love, the more we…
It’s come as a bit of a shock to many that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) euthanized almost 90 percent of the animals sheltered at the group’s headquarters in…
Sometimes it is tough to be a both/and guy in an either/or world. Progressives love to drive wedges and their media cohorts love to hit upon them with a sledge hammer. Language…
No surprise here. But worth noting. Vice President Joe Biden refused to kiss the Pope’s ring, according to Yahoo News. I can’t help but not be surprised at this decision of Biden…
My kids and I were at the bookstore. Everyone had gotten a book and I told them all if they read quietly they could share some of the big cookies. As we…
A student at Florida Atlantic University was directed by a professor to stomp on a piece of paper with the word “Jesus” written on it. The university is arguing that it was…
I noticed something odd (or maybe not so odd) in the anti-Catholic rants in the media recently. While they talk about things like the “stained glass ceiling” to refer to the fact…
National Review has an article today by Conrad Black, a Catholic, and major shareholder of the Catholic Herald, advocating for the Pope to overturn the Church’s teaching on contraception. Because, well you…
