Catholic News and Commentary

Deal Hudson: President Obama Meets with Catholic Journalists
Preferred to consider his Catholic glass half full.

Marjorie Campbell and Kate Wicker: Is NFP Misogynous?
An IC Point/Counterpoint

Robert Reilly: Long Live Haydn
Accessible in an almost daily way, without overwhelming us.

Benjamin Wiker: Drawing a Hemline - Sexual Modesty and the Pursuit of Wisdom
Concerned that women be treated as intellectual equals: Try sexual modesty.

Mark Shea: Blessed Are the Peacemakers
A sacrificial and therefore priestly act.

Deal Hudson: The Great Philosopher Who Became Catholic
Mortimer Adler helped bring so many into the Church.

Benjamin Wiker: Alien Ideas
Christianity and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Joanna Bogle: Prayers by Heart
Prayer binds people together, delivers something precious.

Fr. Roger Landry: Continuing the Imitation
Fighting the good fight, finishing the race and keeping the faith...

Fr. Roger Landry: Priests After Christ's Own Heart
Time for the Church to focus on the positive gift and mystery of the priesthood.

Deal Hudson: The Good News about Our Bishops
More strong leadership in the future.

David Warren: Thinking as a Catholic on Iran
A great pity we have no genuinely Catholic horse in the mainstream media.

John Zmirak: Losing Your Temperance
Our soul will slacken and grow as flabby as a body overfed and underused.

Benjamin Wiker: The Death of Morality
The greatest moral crisis is now upon us.

Hadley Arkes: Obama Says One Thing, Does the Other
...when it comes to same-sex marriage.

Mark Shea: Blessed Are the Pure in Heart
Purity -- and impurity -- originate in the heart and soul.

David Mills: The Greater Blessings
...though a blessing that may take some getting used to.

Deal Hudson: Catholic Writer Tells a Pro-Life Horror Story
Fighting to live in the face of a creator who wants to murder him.

Susie Lloyd: The Best Father's Day Gift
A feeling of complete ineptitude when it comes to buying presents.

Fr. John Jay Hughes: The Cure of Ars
The patron saint of parish priests.

Todd Aglialoro: Golf and the Cardinal Virtues
Golf can be both teacher of and training ground for virtue...

Deal Hudson: Vatican Newspaper Editor Digs Deeper Hole
Vian: "He didn't seem a pro-abortion president."

Ronald Rychlak: Anti-Catholic Free Speech
The ability to allow others not to hear my opinion on every little matter.

Michael Hogan: The Irish Soldiers of Mexico
Unquestioned bravery forged an indelible seal of honor on their sacrifice.

Elizabeth Mauro: Standing on the Mound - The Virtues of Baseball
...for baseball is a game of folly and deep faith.

Fr. Roger Landry: Year of the Priesthood
A couple of things that all Catholics are called to do to live this year well.

Fr. Roger Landry: Heroic Paternity
A model of behavior for all fathers.

Fr. Roger Landry: The Ecclesial Co-Responsiblity of the Laity
Five things that need to be done for the Church to achieve renewal.

Fr. Roger Landry: Son of Encouragement
This man's virtues and actions are among those the Church most needs.

John Zmirak: Patience, for Christ's Sake!
We can suffer with many indignities if our eyes stay on the prize.

Vatican Investigator Finds 'Compelling Case' for Miracle in Witchita  Jul 3
Two families believe the survival of their children should qualify as miracles.

Bono Says U2 Song Inspired by the Virgin Mary  Jul 1
"Magnificent" recalls the prayer of the Virgin Mary in the Gospel of Luke.

Researchers Blame Children's Films for "Heteronormativity"  Jul 1
Study reveals "the growing dominance of Heterophobia within academia."

Obama Hopes to Persuade All Americans to Accept Homosexuality  Jun 30
"Americans still cling to what he calls 'worn arguments and old attitudes.'"

House Health Care Bill Includes Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Coverage  Jun 30
"Poses a grave threat to the unborn in our nation."

Pope Says Bone Fragments in Tomb Belong to Saint Paul  Jun 29
Carbon dating shows they come from the first or second century.

Amazing! ACLU Backs Bridgeport Diocese In Fight vs. State Agency  Jun 27
The application of this lobbying law could be chilling to free speech.

Ad Asks "If Fatherhood Begins at Conception, When Does Life Begin?"  Jun 25
Challenges pro-aborts to face the contradictory nature of what they say.

North Korea Threatens US; World Anticipates Missile  Jun 24
Warning comes on the 59th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.

Obama to Meet With Pope on July 10  Jun 24
Pope expected to address the president on his aggressively anti-life policies.

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