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I know in my soul that Norma McCorvey wasn’t lying

by Janet Morana | May 22, 2020 | abortion, Catholic Church, Culture, Friendship, Media, Roe v. Wade | 4 |

I met Norma McCorvey in 1995 after she had been baptized in a backyard pool by Rev. Flip Benham,...

Father Frank Pavone on the pandemic and the anniversary of the death of a pro-life giant

by Leslie Palma | May 11, 2020 | 2020, 2020 Election, abortion, America, Bishops, Catholic Church, Culture, Friendship, Media | 1 |

Recently Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, sat down with me to talk...

The Benefits of Gaming

by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Mar 29, 2020 | Family, Featured, Media, Technology | 0 |

Without sports, theaters and restaurants, individuals and families need some fun to balance the drudgery of work and inconvenience. I recommend computerized gaming, but not just any sort. I prefer adventure games.

Cinematic Revelations: A Poem

by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Mar 5, 2020 | Culture, Featured, History, Media, Movies, Poetry | 0 |

Directors differ in their form of art,
From spoof to realistic history,
While casting actors for each part,
For drama, romance, comedy,
To craft a masterpiece or silly camp,
About a villain, saint or holy tramp.

Father Frank Pavone is Confronted by Journalists

by Father Frank Pavone | Oct 4, 2019 | abortion, Featured, Media | 6 |

I was invited to speak on “Abortion, Religion and the Courts” at this year’s conference of the...

From the Heights of the Last Century to the Present

by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Jan 7, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Humor, Manners, Media | 2 |

From Carol Burnett to Kathy Griffin, From Cecil B. DeMille to Michael Moore, From Walter Cronkite to Jim Acosta, From Johnny Carson to Jimmy Kimmel, From Dick Clark to Howard Stern…

The Real Obscenity in Robert De Niro’s “F*** Trump” Display

by Carl C. Curtis | Jun 26, 2018 | 2016 Election, America, Culture, Media | 0 |

There was a time such a stunt would have shocked the world of popular entertainment.

Please Consider the Morality of Your Memes

by Rev. Gerard Lessard, OP | Aug 17, 2017 | 2016 Election, America, Ethics, Featured, Media, Politics | 0 |

The reason that memes came into existence is that we have become so bombarded with words from advertisements to propaganda that we need to filter the cacophony to garner the gold dust from the sand.

BBC’s Grantchester: Father Brown It Ain’t

by Carl C. Curtis | Aug 12, 2017 | Books, Featured, Media, TV/Radio | 3 |

The PBS/BBC version [does] such violence to James Runcie’s creation that no true fan, except one star-struck with James Norton’s puling Sidney, could countenance the result.

Why Are the Knights of Columbus “Partners” with Crux?

by Deal Hudson | Aug 4, 2017 | Catholic Church, Featured, Media, Social Teaching | 2 |

It appears to me that the Knights of Columbus have gone the way of most Catholic colleges and universities….

Charles III: Shakespeare For Dummies

by Carl C. Curtis | May 26, 2017 | Culture, Featured, Literature, Manners, Media, TV/Radio | 0 |

For me, Mike Bartlett’s play “Charles III” sinks of its own cleverness and drowns in a flood of clichés.

Boys Will Be Boys? A Tale of Three Pictures

by Carl C. Curtis | May 17, 2017 | America, Culture, Featured, Manners, Media | 0 |

An appearance, or a “fashion,” ought to ideally have something to do with reality, but plain experience tells us that very often the ideal does not obtain; hence, good sense advises men to look beyond what they see.