“If a needy person requires medicine or other help during prayer time, do whatever has to be done with peace of mind. Offer the deed to God as your prayer. Do not become upset or […]
Hugh F. Lena, the Provost of Providence College, has announced that a debate between John Corvino, a noted proponent of same-sex marriage, and Sherif Girgis, one of the co-authors of the book, What Is Marriage?: […]
This week the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty announced that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Little Sisters of the Poor against the HHS mandate, which requires that employers pay for contraception […]
Michael Haag, The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States (Harper: New York, 2013) 448 pp, paperback, $16.99 Jonathan Riley-Smith, The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c. 1070-1309 (Palgrave Macmillan: […]
• A friend, whose alma mater is the University of Notre Dame, wrote me this morning: “Apparently, Pope Francis gave some crazy interview in which he implied that Catholics should not be ‘obsessed’ with ND football. […]
Last week a satirical website posted a photo of Pope Francis on the plane speaking to reporters, and “quoted” the Holy Father as saying: “Since my friends in the media twist everything I say, I […]
The decision by Hugh F. Lena, the Provost of Providence College—a Catholic college in Rhode Island—to cancel a lecture in support of same sex marriage has infuriated some on the faculty. While the Provost offered […]
From Pope Francis’ Wednesday audience address today, as reported by Vatican Information Service: Unity in faith, in hope, in charity, in the sacraments and the ministry, are “like the pillars that support and hold together […]
Papa Francisco is full of surprises. You never know what’s going to come out of his mouth, but it often has something to do with what goes in. “Buon pranzo” (have a good lunch) has […]
This likely wouldn’t have been too much of a story a week ago, but since some journalists and pundits announced last week that Pope Francis was supposedly tossing out all the rules, remaking every jot […]
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