I just saw Boniface's post of last May in which he discusses a Monarchial Dilemma . I have only a couple of comments to make in that reg...

There has been a lot of rumblings about Medjugorje this fall from many different sources and on an amazingly broad spectrum: some of pro-Med...

For several months now I have kept a very detailed, itemized account of every penny my family spends in attempt to reign in our spending to...

Sometime ago I did a post on Athanasius Contra Mundum in which I made reference to something called "doctrinal minimalism", wh...

In response to the new norms for the reception of Anglicans into communion with Rome, I went back and dug up this article from Feb. 2009 in...

In many books of the Old Testament, such as Daniel, Isaiah and especially the Pentateuch, it has become commonplace among scholars to attr...

I'm sorry I haven't had anything more substantial lately - I am going to be very busy in the upcoming week with a student observatio...

Here's two pictures of me with my son at our parish's All Saints Day party last week. He obviously is St. Francis - I am my 85 year ...

This week the European Union finally, after eight long years of floundering, managed to ratify the Lisbon Treaty , which effectually strengt...

One of the most puzzling things for new Catholics is sorting out the various degrees of authority within the Church and understanding from ...

One of the largest problems facing Catholicism in particular and Christianity in general is the apathy or spiritual slothfulness of many pro...

My in-laws were up from Florida visiting for the week and I got to spend quite a bit of time with my father-in-law. I have often reference...

Some time ago I announced that for the remainder of October I would only be dwelling on positive developments in the Church today - the bigg...

This June (2009), Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar-Duvno in Bosnia and Herzegovina sent letters to the pastor and a parochial vicar at Medju...

Today, October 21st, is a very special ten year anniversary for me; not the ten year anniversary of my marriage, but the ten year anniversar...