The author was a person of character, integrity, and vision who produced a sublimely beautiful and terrifying novel from which everyone can learn something.
For all the praise
and accolades directed at Harper Lee, “serious” literary types have already
weighed in, calling To Kill A Mockingbird
a nice little story that doesn’t belong in the great literature category; simplistic,
formulaic, and too accommodating of the oppressive structures that held sway in
20th-century America, a story for high-sch...
The funeral Mass for Justice Antonin Scalia presented a true glory each of us needs to behold so that we will rejoice in the life and hope that is given to us.
Justice Antonin
Scalia’s life and works have received much and deserved attention since
his death in Texas on February 13th. I will not call it an “untimely”
death, for every death takes place at that point of time when that same
man reaches eternity. We can talk of a man who does good in his life,
but we can also speak of men who do even more good in their death. Th...
The Church has never taught that if the harms are serious enough, it is permissible to use contraception.
It is time to review some basic principles that bear upon the question
of the morality of contraception.
Meaning of contraception: Thing and act
First, let us note that the word “contraception” is used to describe
both a thing and an act. Only the act permits of moral analysis. There are ...
After discussing drugs, corruption, and immigration in Mexico, the Holy Father’s in-flight press conference on his way back to Rome touched on even more hot-button issues.
The final days of his trip to Mexico included remarks from
Pope Francis about drug-related violence, mass immigration, and Zika virus,
among other subjects.
On Tuesday, Pope Francis continued his tour of some of
Mexico’s most troubled spots with a trip to the state of Michoacán, where
oppressive drug cartels and citizen militias hav...
While the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow Patriarchate spins the meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the Pope expresses support for His Beatitude Sviatoslav.
As
expected, the Department of External Church relations of the Moscow
Patriarchate has started the process of spinning the February 12, 2016
Havana Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill. In a February 17 interview with Aleksei Sosiedov,
