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,…
Have you ever been discussing abortion with a friend and they said, “I believe that a woman has the right to control her own body!”? How do you respond? Here’s a response you can try next time:
“Set yourselves apart from this corrupt generation,” the actor challenged those in attendance. “Be saints. You weren’t made to fit in. You were born to stand out.” Jim Caviezel , the Passion of the Christ star and veteran of numerous other film…
Why do we Catholics ask the Saints in Heaven to pray for us? Is there any basis for that in the Bible? Let’s take a look. Should members of the Body of Christ pray for each other? Our non-Catholic friends…
We celebrate the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God throughout the Latin rite today, at least in the Ordinary form of the liturgy. In honor of Mary, the Θεοτόκος, the “theotokos” or “God bearer”, I’d like to present a short…
There’s a great temptation to think that the goal of any and all true renewal in the Church should be to return to the exact life and practice of the early Church. Even movements within the Catholic Church have…
From: By: Sandro Magister ROME, September 21, 2016 – Pope Francis received in audience a few days ago the Brazilian cardinal Cláudio Hummes, accompanied by the archbishop of Natal, Jaime Vieira Rocha. Hummes, 82, former archbishop of São Paulo and…
If God is good, why does He allow us to suffer trials and tribulations? This question ceased to be just an interesting intellectual puzzle for me after the tragic death of my son a few years ago. In the aftermath…