I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but there is a video that has begun making the rounds of Pope Francis performing what looks like an impromptu deliverance on a young man in a wheelchair. What starts as a blessing turns into something rather terrifying: Whether you believe that what you are [...]
Abercrombie & Fitch is a clothing line that markets itself primarily to college students between the ages of 18 and 25. It’s known more for its sexually explicit marketing campaigns than the quality of its cheaply-hewn garments. Regardless, for many young adults, sporting A&F apparel is a must, as it represents a sort of status [...]
I did the surfing, so you don’t have to. Here are the fruits of today’s writer’s block: The good, the bad, the beautiful, and the weird from around the Web this week. 1. Have you been paying attention to how young Catholics in France are rallying against gay marriage? Because you should. This [...]
I was sure I would hate it. Almost one hundred percent sure. But I went and saw “The Great Gatsby” anyhow. Mostly to figure out what all the fuss was about. Or, more specifically, to figure out what all the fuss among twenty-somethings was about. Over the past few weeks, my “under-30” friends have been talking [...]
We all remember the vitriol and contempt that Tim Tebow was subjected to when he chose to ignore the demands of the secular culture and refused to keep his Christian faith discreetly hidden away from public view. What a monster. Quite different has been the reaction to Jason Collins, who recently made a splash as [...]
“I want to answer this question: How does a Catholic public servant apply Catholic social teaching?” Paul Ryan told graduating seniors on Saturday (video here) at Benedictine College, where I work. Outside, a MoveOn.org demonstration gathered a handful of demonstrators. Ryan acknowledged them and said he wanted to disagree with them. “Now, Good Catholics can disagree. [...]
Fort Hood. Tucson. Aurora. Newtown. Boston. These are just a few of the tragedies that have taken place over the past several years. To his credit, President Obama responded to these horrific incidents with great aplomb. For the most part, he put politics aside and did the best he could to assure us everything would [...]
In short, no. There is no full-proof spiritual vaccine against unbelief. Sorry, I know that’s not the answer you want to hear. But that’s life in a fallen world. You can be the wisest, most loving, most faithful parent on the planet, and there’s still no guarantee your children won’t walk away from God. And [...]
In his book Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe describes the women at an exclusive party in Manhattan. The first group, starved to near perfection, used fashion to compensate for the natural curves that they had denied their bodies. These were mostly the first wives and “women of a certain age.” Then he describes the “lemon-tarts,” [...]
In the last few days, Delaware and Rhode Island have joined the ultra-liberal bloc of mainly northeastern states that have redefined marriage. The institution of marriage has stood for thousands of years without any need of improvement, but it is now fashionable to complain that such reforms are long overdue. Accordingly, these developments were greeted [...]
