Roman Catholic

Can you have confidence in a church that tells you the rule book and then bends the rules for others?  Last week a picture was in the local newspaper of two men celebrating at their wedding reception following a civil ceremony.  For liberal newspapers this is the new normal but for those of us in the Roman faith we’re told just such a union isn’t recognized...

This morning I’ll go to mass and listen to a homily I won’t remember Tuesday.  It’s a rare homily I remember for more than a few days.  “Bueller?  Bueller?  Bueller?” is about all I can recall by mid-week.  There are sermons in Roman Churches and the definition between sermon and homily I’m told are some finer points...

I get a daily e-mail from the New York Times with all the headlines from the opinion and editorial pages.  This morning the first headline was from a commentary written by a woman angry some states may block the dismemberment of babies or the deaths of babies ripped from their mother's bodies in commission of crimes...

Take a vow of silence.  It may be the only surefire method for saving your job and someday your life.  I just finished reading a story about a teacher at a Roman Catholic school in Scranton, Pennsylvania given the heave-ho.  She correctly told her students (from a Christian perspective) not everyone goes to heaven...