I find it odd that whenever someone asks a pregnant mother, “Do you have a name picked out?” the nearly universal reaction upon hearing the name is, “Oh, that’s so pretty!” or “Oh, that sounds so beautiful!” Now, I understand. It’s a common, well-meaning response. I’ve given...
His music group has sold over 50 million records worldwide. At twenty years old he was a teenage sensation, a huge rock star and lived in a 17th century castle in Europe He had all the riches, fame, fortune and the adulation of millions. His name is Paddy Kelly. His...
As a self-confessed tech geek and practicing Catholic, I like to find new ways to bring Christ and His Church into our online life. I want to share with you a unique method I’ve found to write prayers or even religious images into the underlying source code of your...
It’s normally beautiful sight to see someone who is living the consecrated life to be out and about in public with their habit. But, recently, on the campus of the University of Indiana, it was a cause for serious panic. On April 4th, 2016, a frightened student posted on...
The Holy Bible received the 6th highest number of requests to be removed from libraries in 2015, according to a new report from the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office of Intellectual Freedom. The ALA releases a list of books with the most requests for removal every year “in order...
1. This article originally appeared on Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s blog “Standing on My Head,” and is reprinted with permission. Visit his website, browse his books, and be in touch at dwightlongenecker.com. When faced with the new horrors confronting Christians in the world today one comes back time and...
