Category Sanctity of Life

Melted Rosary Beads

My family and I traveled to Nagasaki, Japan last week, a few days after Pope Francis left.  It was a pilgrimage of sorts, and our goals were twofold:  to visit the Atomic Bomb Museum and the 26 Martyrs Shrine and…

A Minute for Life: How to respond to ad hominem arguments

Welcome to a Minute for Life! About abortion, comedian Dave Chappelle says, “If you have a d##k, you need to shut the f### up on this one, seriously.” This is a classic example of an ad hominem argument, that is,…

A Frank Discussion

A response to an editorial in the Pacific Daily News, August 15, 2014:  Community needs to have frank and honest discussion on suicide Thank you, Pacific Daily News, for bringing up the topic in the wake of Robin Williams’s death…