Rome, Italy, Jun 15, 2014 / 03:30 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a visit to a community dedicated to serving the poor and needy, Pope Francis warned of the poverty of Europe which faces a declining birthrate, hidden forms of euthanasia, and high rates of … [Continue reading]
The prayer of a parent of a soldier
On this July 4th, let me post the video above and the lyrics from one of the songs from Les Misérables. This is the prayer of every parent who has a son or daughter in the Armed Forces. I was such a son once, drafted during Viet Nam. I have a … [Continue reading]
My, how fasting has changed for American Catholics!
I found myself looking at fasting rules in the United States of America for Roman Catholics. I found myself startled at the changes in their fasting rules since the 1940’s. Having been raised as a Roman Catholic, I know that we were never supposed to … [Continue reading]
Habemus Metropolitanum
As many of you know, Metropolitan Philip, the former head of the Antiochian Archdiocese in the USA, reposed last March (2014). Well, the Orthodox do not have the tradition of the white smoke like the Roman Catholics. But, we do now have a new … [Continue reading]
Divorce statistics have changed?–well yes (and no)
Many of you remember sermons in church, statistics in political arguments, etc., that said that 1 out of every 2 marriages ends in divorce. In 1981, the vancouver family law firm reported that the number of marriages was 2,438,000 while the number of … [Continue reading]
Saint Ernest of Mecca or of Zwiefalten
Saint Ernest of Mecca – Abbot of the abbey of Zwiefalten Died 1148 AD in MeccaFeast November 7 Saint Ernest (died 1148) was the abbot of the Benedictine Zwiefalten Abbey at Zwiefalten, Germany during the 12th … [Continue reading]
Yes, I have the same question!
There are days when I have the very same questions that the little girl above has. There are many terms floating around for people born in either Central or South America. If you add in to that mix people born in Spain, one can have an interesting … [Continue reading]
Viet Nam memories of Iraq
Classic Doonesbury (1975) by Garry Trudeau Reading about what is happening in Iraq with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria brought back certain memories. I was drafted in 1971 during the Viet Nam War. I was in the barracks on 23 January 1973 when … [Continue reading]
Women, protection, and the law
“If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she … [Continue reading]
Suffering and Christianity
From the website of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America: Suffering is not a problem, but an unfathomable, theoretically incomprehensible mystery. We should not try to explain suffering or construct theories about the reasons for suffering in … [Continue reading]
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