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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Finding Beauty That Isn’t Just Skin-Deep

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August 2015

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Josh Duggar Has Sinned. So Have You and I. So Shall We Get Out Our Stones and Start Scribbling?

The Duggar story just gets worse and worse. Josh Duggar, the oldest boy in the...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Lieut. Bill Funchess, Former POW, Remembers His Friend Fr. Emil Kapaun

Lieutenant William Funchess leaned forward in his chair, recounting a story he's told many times...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

The Odd Thomas Farewell Novel I Didn’t Want to See

I'm a pretty practical reader. I read solid theological tomes or historical fiction or self-help...

February 14, 2015

Powerball Winner: “First I’m Going to Pay My Tithes…”

"First I'm going to pay my tithes, because I wouldn't have none of it if...

February 09, 2015

Ben Carson Responds to SPLC Attacks

The Southern Poverty Law Center, the leftist nonprofit legal advocacy organization which is noted for...

February 09, 2015

Go to the Movies on Valentine’s Day! Just Don’t Go to See Mr. Grey…

So you want to do something romantic on Valentine's Day--and that means you DON'T want...

June 2014

June 20, 2014

“Your Heart Is Swollen–You Can’t Let Your Team Down”: Jim Caviezel Talks About His Latest Movie

On August 22, theatergoers will be treated to a new sports film from Sony Pictures...

October 2013

October 12, 2013

Production Team to Duck Dynasty: Stop Praying, Start Cursing?

“They told us to cut Jesus from prayers, to avoid offending Muslims.” That’s what Phil...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

A Cut for a Cause: Bush Goes Bald for a Little Boy

Two-year-old Patrick is battling leukemia—and while his prognosis is good, the treatments have caused him...

July 14, 2013

Shepherd in Combat Boots: A Conversation With Father Kapaun’s POW Friend

Father Emil Kapaun, U.S. military chaplain during the Korean War, was captured on November 2,...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Pearl S. Buck and the Importance of a Father’s Love

Happy Birthday, Pearl Buck! Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer born of missionary parents....

June 22, 2013

A Man for All Seasons: Sir Thomas More, Statesman, Martyr, and Devoted Father

During this Fortnight for Freedom, I reflect on one of the great saints whose commitment...

June 12, 2013

All Wrong, All the Time: The Tawdry Literature of Nicolas Restif

Dirty books, quickly and carelessly written—almost 200 of them. That’s the legacy of Nicolas-Edme Restif...

May 2013

May 26, 2013

The Bells of St. Mary’s: A Michigan Adventure With a Happy Ending

This is the story of a big brass bell. The bell, which stood three feet...

May 24, 2013

And Now It Begins: Catholic Groups Rise Up to Replace the Boy Scouts

Within twenty-four hours of the Boy Scouts’ big announcement that they will open the membership...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

LIFE WITHOUT DO-SI-DOS: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Girl Scouts

Who can turn away a sweet little girl, boxes of cookies in her wagon, smiling...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

On St. Agnes’ Feastday, the Blessing of the Lambs

Sweet St. Agnes had taken a vow of chastity—so she refused when suitors wanted her...

November 2012

November 22, 2012

For the Privilege of Living as Free Men….

One of the most popular television shows in the 1950s was “Father Knows Best.” With...

August 2012

August 12, 2012

Holy Grail, Holy Girls, and Holy Grill

On August 10, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of St. Lawrence of Rome. I...

July 2012

July 16, 2012

The Power of a Mother’s Prayer

Her son was a wild one. She had tried to impart solid virtues and a...

July 13, 2012

Kateri Tekakwitha: Lily of the Mohawks

When I was in elementary school, my parents splurged on a membership to the Catholic...

July 03, 2012

Andy Griffith Studied to Be a Moravian Minister!

Before the Andy Griffith Show… way before Matlock… Andy Griffith made his film debut in...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

My First Ardent Prayer to Blessed John Paul II – UPDATED

UPDATE Dear Friends: I first posted about my sister-in-law Maureen last May. She has had...

March 2012

March 12, 2012

Turning the Other Cheek—Automotive Edition

Alternately titled: How Would Jesus Drive? Perhaps you saw the story breaking in Crystal River,...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

Three Humble Mothers, Three Sons Who Changed the World

In the week leading up to Christmas, as we awaited the birth of the Christ...

December 12, 2011

Rosebud: You Absolutely Can't Take It With You!

Ain’t that the truth?! Was Orson Welles thinking about eternity when he scooped up the...

December 11, 2011

True Magnificence: God Revealed in the Mass

"I'm bored." "I have so much to do at home." "It's the only day of...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

Blessed Marianne Cope: Have You Heard of Her?

Reverend Sister Marianne Matron of the Bishop Home, Kalaupapa To see the infinite pity of...

August 2011

August 10, 2011

Turn Me Over—I’m Done on This Side!

Those of you who, like me, spent your aimless youth slathered in Coppertone and languishing...