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David Cameron's faith and communities minister, Baroness Warsi, has expressed concern at the Coalition's proposed gay marriage leg...

In the past few weeks, I have been taking advantage of the fact that I am in an Internet zone and not a dead zone.  Please take time to read...

Last year, a baby Jesus was vandalized in Pennsylvania. The statue was made to look like Satan and had satanic symbols on the back of it...

Today's Gospel in the NO is from Matthew 11:11-15. 11 Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater tha...

From the earliest times in Catholicism, we have had artists and poets link the Crib to the Cross. The entire reason for the Incarnati...

One of the greatest problems in evangelising is knowing when to stop the metaphysical and epistemological arguments and go for the jugular. ...

On Father Z's blog, there is a poll on whether the Pope should tweet or not. I voted in the minority who said yes with zeal. Americ...

My ancestry on one side of the family is Moravian and Bohemian Catholic, in the Latin Rite, and I must share a story which my grandmother ...

Today, again, in a discussion with an excellent trad young man who is a med student, I asked why youth his age did not use the Internet...

Statement on the government response to the same sex marriage consultation Bishops Conference of England and Wales  'The meaning...

My generation was raised with more manners than the present youth. We knew how to act in various social settings. We were kind and consid...

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth,...

This is a hard thing to write, but write it I must. I was listening to Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on Mary and, by extension, the Church as th...

Advent Meditation on the Good Shepherd from Tuesday's reading. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; and He shall gather the lam...

Talking with a priest last week and a young person this week on the importance of timing in discerning vocations, let me share with you s...

Reading St. John of the Cross again, at a older age, makes me realize that the world today conspires to separate the middle-aged from thei...

One of my personal patrons is St. Benedict Labre. The most beautiful nun in my school was named after him, but she left before final vows. I...

Originally posted on December 9th. See updates. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column.php?n=2383   Wrong!  Above Video--Right! ...