Someone recently asked me whether the Church accepts everyone or not. I made it clear that this cannot be answered without...

Once in a public school, a girl around 12 years old got graded down on a paper she wrote for her class because she capitalized the word...

Have you ever felt tempted to be good? That might sound odd, because we do not usually use the word "tempt" in reference to good things,...

I often hear people say that they "tried to obey God" but just could not find the strength to follow through. Interestingly enough, this...

"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." President John...

Yes, this is a "motorcycle illustration" but it is a really good one, so bear with me... Indian Motorcycles was the first motorcycle...

"Black Friday", what an awful term. But, then, it is pointing out an awful (as in horrible, not as in filled with awe) thing. A day...

"But Father! This year is so filled with rotten stuff, the Church is being attacked by wolves in sheep's clothing, and our nation is...

There was a time, many years ago, when towns and cities were built so that all streets pointed to the Catholic Church at the center. Try...

Goodness never leads to hatred; at least not goodness in itself. Goodness, however, can cause people who are filled with hate to attack...

Love that is only felt in the heart, is not truly love. That is just an emotion and emotion in itself is not worth much -- it must have...

"Please, please don't abandon the bride of Christ; that is the Catholic Church. Don't allow the corruptions of human beings – and we're...

There is this children's book called "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie..." I think I may have read it a thousand times (to my children, not...

The Devil is beautiful. Let that truth sink in for a minute. I am not exaggerating. The Devil is beautiful. No, he is not beautiful in...

A little boy once said to his mother, “Can I go outside and help Daddy fix the car? I know all the words.” Oops. Lesson to be learned:...

During my time in college and (protestant) seminary (7 years in all) I have had a number of classes that dealt with psychology and the...

C.S. Lewis, writing in The Screwtape Letters, said, “The more often [a person] feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to...

I recall once discussing theology with a (cradle) Catholic (who was about 70 years old at the time). I mentioned a specific position of...

"Science that is changed is not developed but abandoned, and so it is with faith." From the Catholic Encyclopedia (ca. 1910).

Yes, I have heard that Bishop Strickland was forcibly removed by Pope Francis from his duties as Bishop of Tyler, Texas--some of those...