Top 25 Changes The Media Would Make To The Catholic Church

Go with me for a moment, deep into your imagination, and try to imagine what the Catholic Church would look like if the media was in charge ...

Federal Judge Allows AZ Late-Term Abortion Ban to Stand

Good news on the pro-life front lines: Arizona's ban on abortions starting at 20 weeks of pregnancy is poised to take effect this week ...

Seek Holiness Before Seeking Marriage

I have to echo Jackie's advice . There are too many distractions in the dating world to not have your feet firmly anchored before you di...

Leading Fertility Doctor Renews His Faith and Leaves Behind Immoral Medical Techniques

A conversion worth reading about : The first time Dr. Anthony Caruso saw life created in a petri dish, it brought tears to his eyes. Once on...

English Medical Ethicist Says Death Is Good For Health

An English medical ethicist implies that death is better for your health than life is -  at least that is the implication in this quote (emp...

Catholic Business Owners Score Win Against HHS Mandate in Federal Court

This is great news : The Catholic family that owns a Colorado-based company won a court victory in their battle to stop the Obama administra...

Turning Off The "Auto-Pilot" During Mass

Mark Hart has some great insights for us:

God's Perspective vs Our Own

Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered in 1980 while saying Mass and is a martyr for the faith, gave this amazing reflection. I hope you ...

Burying St. Joseph Upside Down To Sell a House

Q - I've heard that if you bury a statue of St. Joseph upside-down in your yard it will help you sell your home. Can you tell me more ab...

10 Signs You Are a Normal Catholic

10 Signs You Are a Normal Catholic You are nice enough to save the pews in the front of church for the latecomers. (You also save the comfy ...

Social Science Proves Humanae Vitae and NFP

Today is the 44th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae   and this week is NFP Awareness Week .  It is common to hear Humanae Vitae referred to as a...

Fr. Barron on The Devil

#1 Predictor of Whether a Child Is Incarcerated Later in Life Is?

Try to guess the answer before you read below and see if you can't figure it out. What might it be: Drug use? Pornography use? Abuse? Ba...

The Impact of Porn - Through Statistics

Here are some startling statistics compiled from a variety of academic and popular sources. I am sure you have heard how much money porn mak...

Australia May Join Ireland In Trying To Force Priests to Break The Seal of the Confessional

Ireland already has a law that requires priests to break the seal of the Confessional if a confessor tells them about sexual abuse. Priests...

Catholics and Superstition

Q - I would be interested to see what you think about the Texas A&M tradition of leaving pennies at the statue of Sully, as good luck on...

Pope Addresses Colorado Shooting

The Pope said he was: "deeply shocked by the senseless violence....I share the distress of the families and friends of the victims and ...

The Love of The Father Is Stronger Than Bullets

Please don't argue about why someone would kill innocents right now, we don't know and this isn't the time for such discussions....

Learning to Walk

At the beginning of April I adopted a stray dog.   She showed up on my front lawn and just like that I decided to adopt her.   For those who...

Homes for $300

Great ideas meet social justice.

Vatican Buys ".Catholic" Domain Name

Top 10 Ways To Not Evangelize

Top 10 - how NOT to evangelize : 10 - Post a sign outside your church that says "Eternity is a long time to be wrong" or on the fl...

Does God Ignore Our Prayers?

Q - Does God ever ignore our prayers? I was at a conference this past weekend where one of the speakers noted that God doesn't listen to...

How The Media Portrays Catholicism - What a Bunch O' Loons...

The point of the following story is to make Catholics look like crazies who worship phantoms and fairies.  How many stories about the Cathol...

10 Reasons Why Being Catholic Is Crazy Cool

10 Reasons Why Being Catholic Is Crazy Cool Civil disobedience.   In refusing to obey laws that are unjust, we show the world that there are...

If Facebook Was A City

Fr. Barron Reviews "The Amazing Spider-Man"

Interview With Aggie Catholic Shawn Carney: Co-Founder of 40 Days for Life

Shawn Carney is a former student of Texas A&M and was an active member here at St. Mary's Catholic Center while he attended school....

What About Bad Popes?

How Do I Help Someone Get Involved at Church?

Q - I discovered today that a friend of mine is Catholic and has been going to Mass, but hasn't gotten involved in any way. We talked ab...