Concluding that his alma mater “takes pride in insulting the Church and offending the faithful,” William Peter Blatty, author of the best-selling book, The Exorcist, filed a Canon Law petition with the Vatican earlier this […]
“The moment you step into the world of facts, you step into a world of limits. You can free things from alien or accidental laws, but not from the laws of their own nature.” – […]
On the face of it, the religion clauses of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment seem pretty clear: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” That isn’t […]
From Vatican Information Service, a report on the pope’s comments today on Pope John XXIII’s landmark encyclical, “Pacem in Terris”: “Looking at our current situation, I wonder if we have learnt the lessons of ‘Pacem […]
Vatican City, 2 October 2013 (VIS) – The holiness of the Church was the theme chosen by Francis for his catechesis during today’s general audience, which took place in St. Peter’s Square and was attended […]
Sex and the institutions, customs, and restraints related to it are basic to social order. That claim shouldn’t be controversial, and it’s odd that it has become so. Older political philosophers such as Aristotle, who […]
MPAA Rating, R USCCB Rating, O Reel Rating: (2 Reels out of 5) At the very opening of Don Jon, Jon Martello (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) candidly declares that “porn is better than sex.” It’s a shocking statement […]
Terry Barber, 56, grew up in the Los Angeles area, and enjoyed a successful career in real estate. In fact, by age 25, he’d acquired enough property to comfortably retire. So, he decided he’d focus […]
Less than two weeks after the release of a headline-grabbing interview in Civilta Cattolica and other Jesuit publications around the world, yet another interview with Pope Francis was published today, this time in the Italian […]
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