Blaise Pascal once wrote:
“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.”
The picture above, taken from the bottom portion of Rafael’s Transfiguration, More…
Blaise Pascal once wrote:
“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.”
The picture above, taken from the bottom portion of Rafael’s Transfiguration, More…
Did you know that the average age of a child’s first exposure to pornography is 11-years old?
You might also be surprised to learn that 79% of exposure to internet pornography occurs not at a friend’s house but in their own home.
If you are concerned about protecting your children from internet pornography, you should learn more about software filters, like Covenant Eyes, and programs for kids, like K4J.
The following video will tell you what you need to know: More…
Death with Dignity?
10 reasons why doctor-prescribed death is not compassionate care of the sick: More…
WARNING: Graphic Sexual Content. More…
Although the HHS mandate is clearly a violation of the 1st Amendment and an affront to religious liberty, by reopening and drawing heavy attention to the contraception debate, it offers Catholics the opportunity to clarify the Church’s position on contraception and explain, more importantly, why it holds this teaching. Fr John Bartunek’s short article is a common-sense explanation that actually delivers what it More…
Cardinal O’Malley could not have made a clearer case that this so-called “death with dignity” act is a travesty that must not be allowed to pass.
In the confessional and when dealing with married couples I find mainly two attitudes in Catholics who use contraceptives. One is that of weakness, there is knowledge of the evil of contraception, but the circumstances of life become a justification for using contraceptives in order to avoid More…
Shakespeare famously wrote that conscience makes cowards of us all; perhaps, but it can also bring out the best in us too.
For example, Sir Thomas More famously said, “NEVERTHELESS, it is not for the supremacy that you have sought my blood, but because I would not bend to the marriage!”
In choosing not to violate his conscience More…
Since the Health and Human Services Department announced its controversial mandate just over two weeks ago, the thrust of most arguments against it have focused on its being an unprecedented attack on religious liberty and freedom of conscience, which it most certainly is.

Just one step away
Some people, however, have been insisting too much that the real issue at stake is not about contraception, as if to say, frankly, that’s a thorny issue we’d rather not have to deal with right now.
It certainly is a thorny issue and, in fact, it really is More…