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What an odd thing happened in the Emerald Isle. While no one was paying attention, the vast majority of Irish have become die-hard socialist...

A Catholic Carpe Diem, this post is for bloggers. And, I claim Fulton J. Sheen as one of my patrons on the Net. A day in the life of a blog...

Talking with local Irish men and women, I discovered that as late as forty years ago, the priest's word was respected, was “law” in the ...

What an odd thing happened in the Emerald Isle. While no one was paying attention, the vast majority of Irish have become die-hard socialist...

False ecumenism hounds the Church throughout the Western World. Those of us from America have seen the Protestantism of the Liturgy, Church ...

Travelling in the countryside of Ireland is going back in time. One cannot find the usual amenities of the city or even the towns of more ad...

Pakistan has outlawed the Name Jesus Christ from twitters and cell messages. In order to give glory to Allah, who obviously is not God the F...

According to the Catholic Archbishop of Damascus, maronite Samir Nassar, the situation in the country is spiraling out of control as the arm...

Continuing the series on perfection, I have switched temporarily from Garrigou-Lagrange to the Interior Castle of St. Teresa of Avila. In t...

Families and holiness is a topic rarely taught either in the classroom or from the pulpit. Now, many good priests speak of the importance...

Here is St. Francis of Assisi's prayer, which is perfect for Lent. Adoramus te, sanctissime Domine Iesu Christe, hic et ad omnes Eccl...

Directions are on link below Many years ago, when I lived in England, I worked very near Tyburn Convent and would pop in there for pray...

This was a secret to me until this weekend, when I attended Mass at the Carmelite Church in Dublin at Whitefriar's. An Irish Carmelite, ...

Prayer for Holy Priests My Dear Jesus, you desire that we pray the Lord of the harvest that He send zealous laborers into His harvest. Deig...

107:1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 107:2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hat...

In memory of Paula, who prayed for priests all her life... O Almighty and Eternal God, look upon the Face of Thy Christ, and for love of...

As one who was a Byzantine Catholic, it was important for me to develop meatless, egg-less and dairy-less recipes for the long forty days ...

I had my son in England almost 24 years ago. When I went for the ultra-sound in the London area, I was told that the technician could not te...

An Irish Times online article in January exhibited a problem I have seen since I have been in Ireland. The technology gap is obvious even...

In the BBC News Magazine today, Eamonn Walsh has an article on why men become Catholic priests. He interviews a very interesting not-so-you...