An amazing sentence from Rick Santorum: “If you graduate from high school, get married, and then have children, there is less than a 3% chance you will be in poverty.” Going to church helps people...
Sunday, September 2, 2012 Weekly Readings
Reading 1 Dt 4:1-2, 6-8 Moses said to the people: “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching you to observe, that you may live, and may enter in and take possession...
What do you think about this?
Many web sites encourage us to open articles by pandering to our vanity. “What do you think of Paul Ryan’s speech?” is typical. So is, “Do you agree with the experts who say that Republicans...
Why don’t advocates for women’s rights criticize Moslems?
About the millionth thing has happened to make people ask “Why don’t women’s rights advocates criticize Moslems? These are excerpts from a lecture delivered by Egyptian cleric Abd Al-Rahman Mansour, which aired on Al-Nas TV on...
Sin and poverty go hand in hand.
Last night, former Representative, Senator, and Presidential candidate Rick Santorum said at the Republican Convention: “If you graduate from high school, get married, and have children, there is a 2% chance that you will end...
The Catholic Fundamentalism position on the Greek Orthodox
Recently a reader asked about the Catholic Fundamentalism position on the Greek Orthodox. In a nutshell, the Catholic Fundamentalism position on the Greek Orthodox denomination is: The Eastern Orthodox Church is the oldest surviving Protestant...
Liberals and leftists should pay particular attention to today’s reading.
Today’s reading comes from Matthew, 23:23-26. It applies wonderfully to our own times. When one reads of people concerned about Imaginary Problems, like Global Freezing/Warming, while ignoring the four or five thousand unborn babies...
When will the world end?
Lots of people have predicted the end of the world. Not one prediction that the world would end before now has been correct. So, when will the world end? Since past predictions have failed, prognosticators...
Three reasons for choosing Catholicism.
Many of our pilgrimages begin with a desire to get into Heaven. Some come to believe in God, seek forgiveness for their sins, and are saved. There is one reason for belief: The prophets were told...
Science is the handmaiden of theology
In the Middle Ages, European societies built on The Church knew that science is the handmaiden of theology. Many monks studied the sciences and became expert in them. Faithful Catholics laid the foundations of what would become...