Brothers and Sisters in Christ: There has been a lot of talk about the Obama Administration’s mandate that all employers, including religious institutions, must provide coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs in their health insurance plans for their employers. This mandate, as our bishops have said very clearly, would force us to violate our…Read More
Cultural and Spiritual Warfare
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: We are in a cultural and spiritual war, a war for the very soul of the United States and of the western culture that was founded on our Catholic Faith. Please take the time to visit the website of our Catholic Bishops: usccb.org/conscience to learn more about the most…Read More
Harry Potter and the Death that Follows
“Always the innocent are the first victims . . . So it has been for ages past, so it is now.” Ronan (Yr 1, 253) I love Harry. I admire him for his courage, for his fight against evil, and for his love of and loyalty to his family and friends. I love Hermione and…Read More
The Vampire’s New Clothes
“This was the problem with hanging out with vampires you got used to them. They started messing up the way you saw the world. They started feeling like friends.” Jacob (BD284)* Once upon a time, vampires were bad. Remember Dracula Bram Stoker painted the Count as a blood-guzzling, preternatural monster, the implacable enemy of mankind,…Read More
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