Every community, inevitably, has a value or set of values that it considers fundamental, some basic good which positions every other claim to goodness. For most of the modern liberal democracies, for example, freedom and equality play this determining role in the moral discourse. In Communist societies, economic justice, construed...
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Fewer things sadden me more than an autoimmune disease within the Body of Christ. Catholics attacking Catholics and dragging it into the public sector does more damage to the Church and thwarts more evangelization efforts than any attacks can from outside sources. The Catholic Church, in her entire history has...
This gave me chills! The Midwest Capuchin Franciscan Vocation Office recently posted an amazing new video. Titled simply “The Capuchin Vocation with Pope Saint John Paul II,” it shows clips of Franciscans living their vocation, overlaid with the voice of Pope St. John Paul II giving a riveting sermon about...
By now the whole world has heard about comedian Kathy Griffin’s appalling staged-photo of herself holding a mock-up of the bloody, severed head of Donald Trump (Warning: it’s bloody. We’ve censored the photo above.). Despite her rather pathetic apology, a firestorm of protest has broken out pretty...
One cannot expect to ignore the Holy Spirit and receive his blessings at the same time. One cannot expect to ignore God’s will and yet receive the benefits of following Him. One cannot treat God as a hobby and expect to be treated as His son or daughter. One...
