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November 27, 2025

Here the Top 10 Things I Thank God for this Thanksgiving.

This has got to be quick. I’ve got two pies to make and a turkey...

October 2025

October 09, 2025

Full Moons, Antifa Doesn’t Exist, Dilexi Te and Soccer Games

Did you see the moon last night? I think the harvest moons in September and...

June 2024

June 07, 2024

Pray for Biden and all Parents with Drug Addicted Children

You don’t have to agree with Joe Biden’s politics to feel compassion for him as...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

In a Huge Pro Family Move, Biden Gives Student Debt Relief

President Biden just gave a huge help to young families all across this country. It...

June 2022

June 17, 2022

Pope Francis’ Address World Meeting of Families.

You can read the full text of Pope Francis' address to the World Meeting f...

April 2022

April 02, 2022

Women have the power to give life. Don’t let misogyny steal it.

Children are a gift that keeps on giving. I remember when I was young and...

February 2020

February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine’s Day 2020!!

June 2018

June 08, 2018

It Takes Disastrously Crazy Thinking to Commit Suicide and Leave a Child Behind

Fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain committed suicide this week. Both of them...

November 2017

November 21, 2017

Ok Senator Ralph Shortey to Plead Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking

One of my former colleagues, Senator Ralph Shortey, is going to plead guilty to child...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

God’s Help Comes in Surprising Ways

Mama is now famous. Her photo is right there, big and shiny, in the National...

January 03, 2017

Too Many Hobbies. Too Little Space. What to Do?

I sew on the kitchen table. Let me repeat that: I sew on the kitchen...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

The Pope has Spoken and I Accept It.

I’ve been standing on the sidelines, watching the hate-Pope-Francis movement tear into the fabric...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

Sex Education, Catholic Style

The Vatican is launching a sex education program based on family and led by parents....

August 2016

August 05, 2016

As the World Gets Crazier and Meaner, Follow Jesus Christ

I wrote this post for the National Catholic Register a few weeks back. Since then,...

May 2016

May 02, 2016

Pregnant and Diagnosed with Cancer

These videos tell the story of one young family's fight with cancer. Mom of the...

January 2016

January 06, 2016

Cancer and Dementia are Risky Ailments in a Time of Euthanasia.

I stopped off at Catholic Vote this morning to write a post adding to another...

December 2015

December 10, 2015

God’s Blessings are Circled with Thorns, Dressed with Tenderness.

I wrote this post about family and thankfulness for the National Catholic Register. Here's part...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

It Began with a Routine Mammogram

Several Public Catholic readers remarked on the fact that I went silent last week. Truth...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Pope Francis Combines Family, Laity and Life Into One Dicastery

Pope Francis has enacted an internal reform of the Vatican by combining Family, Laity and Life...

October 22, 2015

The Synod: German Bishops Take One Last Shot

Mary Rezac, at Catholic News Agency, wrote a pithy summary of the German bishops' efforts...

October 22, 2015

Drug Addiction is a Catastrophe for Families

I wish that the Synod on the Family had been able to spend more time...

October 22, 2015

Small Groups Release Concluding Reports on Instrumentum Laboris

The Synod on the Family moved closer to a conclusion with the release of small...

October 10, 2015

Men: Your Women and Children Need You

Bishop Olmsted has written a powerful call for Catholic men to step up and be...

October 10, 2015

History Repeats in USA, But Evil Will Never Triumph

What happens when evil appears to triumph? I wrote about that for CatholicVote. Here's part...

October 01, 2015

It’s Synod Time Again. That Scares Me.

It's almost Synod time again. After last year's Synod on the Family, I almost wish...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

If We Don’t Fight for Life, This Hunger for Annihilation Will Devour Us All

My near death experience with Mama pushed me to considering a nursing home. I wrote...

September 17, 2015

What Do You Put on the Altar of Your Heart?

Pro life people must not confine their pro life thinking to the tiny intellectual boxes...

September 15, 2015

It was a Mama Kind of Weekend.

My family and I had a rough weekend with Mama. Here's a summary of part...

September 08, 2015

Pope Changes Annulment Process. What Does it Mean?

My ignorance of canon law is showing. Pope Francis issued two Apostolic letters, which are...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

Mama is Better. I’m a Blank.

Something has happened to my brain. Twice now, yesterday and today, I've sat down to...