Let’s face it: There is A LOT to the Roman Catholic Church. It’s good that we have a lot at our disposal, but there’s a downside. Many Catholics don’t understand the faith. Jeff Cavins made this precise observation once, noting that he had left the Catholic Church because he felt like what he had was essentially a […]
Evolution As It Relates To Human Sexuality
May 20, 2013 by
One common objection to religious belief is that science can explain everything. Perhaps the most intense discourse today is between evolution and creation. Many militant atheists assume that we do not accept the facts of history and science, but this is false. The Church simply states that everything did not happen by accident; we are made in […]
Why I Am Pro-Life: My Mothers’ Day Gift
May 12, 2013 by
With today being Mothers’ Day, I think it’s only appropriate that I thank my mother by offering insight as to why I am so firmly pro-life. I’ve been a Catholic my whole life and have always accepted the Church’s teachings on abortion, but it’s only within the last few years that I really understood how […]
The Flaws of “Sexual Compatibility”
April 29, 2013 by
With today’s divorce rate, no one who wants marriage wants any shadow of doubt. It’s easy to understand a couple wanting to know each other as much as possible before marrying. Around this time last year, I published a non-religious defense of saving sex for marriage on Girls Ask Guys (I’ve talked about this […]
Book Review: Love and Responsibility
April 25, 2013 by
I recently finished reading Pope John Paul II’s earlier work, Love and Responsibility. I knew it was a very important book, but in the time that I have been interested in the New Sexual Revolution, I had always been more excited to read the Theology of The Body. After finishing Love and Responsibility, I must […]
Many Parts, One Body: In Defense of Silent Worship
April 17, 2013 by
I hate to say it, but recently, for the first time ever, I left a retreat genuinely disappointed. I had some things on my heart, chief among them being unhappiness with my job. These are things for which I usually feel uplift and consolation during retreats. This time, it was different, but not because of the […]
First Knight: The Life and Legacy of Father Michael J. McGivney
April 12, 2013 by
Every now and then at Mass, the Knights of Columbus carry out a Fourth Degree Honor Guard. You may occasionally see guys wearing a Knights of Columbus t-shirt or a lapel pin on their jacket. In this, my first contribution to the Saints segment, I present their founder, Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney. He may not […]
Abortion: Why Pro-Life Men Have a Say
April 5, 2013 by
On Good Friday this year, I travelled to Columbia, Missouri to participate in a living Stations of the Cross outside the local Planned Parenthood and attend sidewalk counselors’ training shortly thereafter. Except for a 12-year-old boy who was with his mother, I was the only male there. After giving my introduction, the lady running the […]
Pope Francis, President Obama, and Social Justice
March 30, 2013 by
With all the talk during the Conclave about a pope from the United States, I’m sure President Obama breathed a sigh of relief when that did not happen, especially since Timothy Cardinal Dolan had given him more than a few headaches about his unconstitutional (and unjust) contraceptive coverage mandate. I imagine he was also excited […]
Contraception: An Equal or Greater Evil than Abortion?
March 25, 2013 by
Many people argue that abortion is the greatest evil in our society. I take a slightly different view. I believe that contraception is an equal, if not even greater, evil than abortion is. I say this because of all that has been unleashed since the pill was introduced in 1961 and legalized in 1965, everything from […]