Voting Our Values: How to Vote Catholic
Catholics make up about 30 percent of voters in national elections. Depending on voter turnout,...
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Author: Deal Hudson
CATHOLIC OUTREACH AND THE CLERGY: What Happens From a Layman’s Point of View
Clergy who want to be involved in pro-life politics, and want to make a real difference, must be aware of all these dynamics, first, by protecting pro-life activists and overseeing what kind of literature is displayed and what kind of ideas are being taught in the parish.
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Beauty: The Way to Heaven Or Hell?
The religious despisers of beauty would say, beauty is more like the road to ruin than the path to God. With beauty comes attraction to what may be destructive, especially to the lower appetites, as they used to be called. To be an aficiando of beauty, it to be “carnally minded” (Romans 8.7-7).
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Trump Among The Evangelicals
Donald Trump, among the Evangelicals, sounded like a man on a mission to recover America for the future generations to come.
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30 Films About Faith You May Not Know
My choices are made film qua film, not by any reference to the faith of the producer, director, or writer. Given that any object of art should be enjoyed and understood in itself, apart from its creator. We should not be surprised that non-believers and skeptics have made some of the most probing films about faith.
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My Top 25 Recommended Audiobooks, The Best of the Best
Good books become even better when read aloud by a skilled performer. A recent example is the...
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The 100 Best Catholic Novels I Know
Any good list should be controversial by including books some will find questionable, even ridiculous, but I am prepared to defend my choices if a reader would like to question them. Indeed, I welcome any controversy that may ensue from this list; in fact I will be disappointed if no one takes me to task.
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My Son, The Gorilla — A Memory of My Father
My Dad was no philosopher; he couldn’t explain to me what happened, or how he did it. Like the cowboy stars of old, he could only show, not tell. But I’m glad I eventually figured it out for myself, although it took me a long time. I should have know those father-son antics on the golf course had deeper soundings.
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Why Does a Catholic Diocese Provide Syringes?
Too often, we see this exact scenario being played out in dioceses across the nation. Liberal chanceries built by previous progressive bishops, perpetuating themselves and their constituencies groups at the determinant of faithful Catholics while the new bishops
‘go along to get along.’
I Am About to Snap!
I recently had a discussion with a gentleman from North Carolina who considered my support for the “bathroom bill” tantamount to racism.
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