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February 2020

February 24, 2020

Be Pro Family. Help Young Couples Pay for Childcare.

Bernie Sanders has come out with an expensive but absolutely necessary 1.5 trillion child care...

February 24, 2020

Poor in Spirit, Mourn, Meek: What Does that Mean? Following Jesus, Part 6.

Jesus didn’t cancel the Ten Commandments. They are still the spine on which all our...

February 21, 2020

Don’t Become the Evil You Oppose, Part Four

Don't misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of...

February 21, 2020

Cardinal Pell’s Final Appeal Will be Heard March 11-12.

Cardinal Pell's petition to overturn his conviction for sexual abuse will be heard in the...

February 20, 2020

Pope’s Prayer Intentions for February 2020

It's late in the month to publish this. But I missed it when it first...

February 20, 2020

Rohrabacher Says He Didn’t Talk to Trump.

The former United States Congressman who Julian Assange's attorney said offered Assange a pardon from...

February 20, 2020

“The devil is real,” Pope Francis Says in Italian TV Interview

Pope Francis is an Italian tv star. He has his own series, an eight-part series...

February 20, 2020

Baby Boy with Down’s Syndrome is the New Osh Kosh G’Gosh Model.

It looks I'm going to be buying Osh Kosh for my grandkids. Eighteen month old...

February 20, 2020

We are the Lost Sheep. All of Us.

We are all the lost sheep. In our society, things are easy, but finding spiritual...

February 20, 2020

Don’t Become the Evil You Oppose, Part Three

This child is destined … to be a sign that will be spoken against. Simeon...

February 19, 2020

Pope Francis: Anger Drives us Apart

Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Jesus Christ Pope Francis spoke about...

February 19, 2020

Children Martyred in Afghanistan

Christian persecution is a reality in our world. This is the story of a family...

February 19, 2020

Priest Offers Sufferings of His Brain Tumor for Victims of Clergy Sex Abuse

Fr John Hollowell, was so moved by the suffering of victims of clergy sex abuse...

February 19, 2020

Chaput Retires, Celebrates Last Mass as Diocesan Bishop Last Sunday.

Archbishop Chaput has retired. He celebrated his last mass as a diocesan bishop Sunday at...

February 19, 2020

Don’t Become the Evil You Oppose

So, how do we fight monsters without becoming monsters ourselves? The short answer is that...

February 18, 2020

The Problem is Sin. The Solution is Him.

I've published this before. I think we could all use it today. Enjoy and be...

February 18, 2020

I’m too tired to write today.

Yesterday was a difficult day for me. I had doctor’s appointments for myself, and I...

February 17, 2020

Don’t Become the Evil that you Oppose.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become...

February 15, 2020

I Am Blessed to be an American. We All Are.

My husband and I are members of the ultimate sandwich generation. Our situation is so...

February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine’s Day 2020!!

February 14, 2020

If You Leave the Church, Do Not Abandon Jesus

If you leave the Catholic Church, does a trap door open under your feet and...

February 13, 2020

Democrats’ Nominating Race Moves to Nevada

The Nevada Caucus is next up in the nominating process for the Democratic candidate for...

February 13, 2020

At the Foot of the Cross, the Ground is Equally Level

Nothing we can do will earn us eternal life. Forgiveness of sin is an impossibility...

February 13, 2020

Pope Says No to Married Priests, Women Deacons.

Pope Francis has decided to say no to allowing married priests and women deacons. He...

February 12, 2020

World’s Oldest Nun Reaches 116

Daughter of Charity Sister André Randon turned 116 yesterday. From Church Pop: Daughter of Charity...

February 12, 2020

Pray Both for the Persecuted and Their Persecutors

I pray for the persecuted church on a regular basis. But I usually do not...

February 11, 2020

Real Life Pro life. Mama and Night Terrors.

Bed sores, it turns out, will heal. My Mama’s life force is something to be...

February 10, 2020

Should Bernard Madoff and Leslie Van Houten Be Set Free?

Bernie Madoff, creator of the biggest Ponzi scheme in American history, is asking for...

February 10, 2020

China Arrested Doctors For Warning About Coronavirus.

China arrested the doctors who tried to warn them about the coronavirus. People in...

February 08, 2020

Nigerian Girls are Persecuted for Following Jesus

Whenever things go bad, the go even worse for women and girls. Muslim extremists in...