A Threat Assessment for Defining Human Nature
Over the years I have followed various national threat assessment analyses. These analyses report, discuss, and predict what are and what will be the major
Over the years I have followed various national threat assessment analyses. These analyses report, discuss, and predict what are and what will be the major
Most Catholic high schools in the U.S. have probably never been written about in a national publication. And that may be a good thing. No
In the 5th Century AD, a teenager named Patrick was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. Though he escaped, Patrick returned decades later as
How would you react if your 17-year-old son or grandson announced that he was homosexual? How would you respond if your 17-year-old daughter or granddaughter
LGBTQ activists love to throw Jesus’ words about not being judgmental in the face of any Christian who says sexual relations between two men or
A specific instance of denying the concept of sin yielding freedom without order is with regard to homosexual acts. Homosexual acts render the purpose of
In this lovely but challenging holiday season of get-togethers, parties, and family meals, most of us will be of necessity faced with possibly uncomfortable questions
In recent years, there have been many claims that this or that Catholic group was discriminatory. Everything from “Pro-choice Woman Denied Catholic Wedding” to “Gay
“But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
The announcement in our parish bulletin last spring seemed innocuous enough. A program entitled Transgender Homosexual Awareness (T.H.AW.) was being held to give parishioners
Around the world, from the local parish to the highest levels of the Vatican, the papal exhortation Amoris Laetitia (AL) has been interpreted by some to justify,
Paul Griffiths is an expert on Catholic thought, holding the Warren Professor of Catholic thought at Duke Divinity School but this past month he was
Many Catholics struggle with how to handle situations where family and friends, who are Baptized Catholics but do not practice, choose to celebrate events in their
Known colloquially as the Johnson Amendment, this action by Congress added wording to IRS code Section 501(c)(3) intending to disallow nonprofit organizations from deeply engaging
Many scholars and theologians think that, at best, certain statements in the papal Exhortation Amoris Laetitia are ambiguous, with some possible interpretations being heresy. For
Apparently, the Vatican’s Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA) thinks business is business. I sure hope that’s not the case. A plan
Americans today have become health conscious. We are been conditioned by society – and perhaps for good reason – to start ‘working out,’ or at
During a casual conversation a friend of mine asked me, “How come histocompatibility is not better known among Catholics?” Histo what? I asked. He answered,
The subjects we chose during telephone conversations with relatives and friends tend to change over time. If you or they have lived a relatively long
We are indeed a peculiar lot. We evolve and change, push and pull, vote then cheer or sulk. Often the powerful just invent some feature
Here we are, forty-two years later, and the ill-conceived legal right to abortion still targets the most innocent members of our society. Despite prayer, educational
We read, see, and hear a growing accumulation of stories in the news of small businesses being persecuted for not providing services to celebrate a