John B. Manos
Halloween? Are some merely putting lipstick on a pig?
Are parents who insist their children dress as saints but yet send them out to trick or treat just putting lipstick on a pig? The Polish bishops might say so. See what they say about Halloween.
Theology of the Body in One Paragraph (Unabridged version)
Can Theology of the Body be expressed in one paragraph? You bet! A surprising revelation about Theology of the Body and a concise but yet fuller explanation of how to maintain chastity.
Why does civil duty have to be so filthy?
We need to be informed on who to elect but the overkill of political discussion in our press is an undesirable dissipation, so what do we do?
HOLY COW! Something Apocryphal — Russian Patriarch to Visit Poland Day after Dormition
Hitting the news today is the report that Russian Patriarch Kiril I is visiting Poland this Thursday. Reporting the story on the Russian Orthodox side is Prawoslawie: The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church and Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus, Kirill I will come to Poland on Thursday on a visit which raises…
“Now it is our time to suffer and die…” Syrian Archbishop Reports on the Destruction in Damascus
I am posting for your consideration a letter that was sent out two weeks ago. Although I have seen a few Catholic stories here and there, I had not found the full text of the letter anywhere, so haven gotten my grubby hands on a copy, I post the whole letter here. There may be…
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Humanae Vitae was the Soap Box Encyclical
I wasn’t alive when P.Paul VI issued the Encyclical letter Humanae Vitae. I’ve seen and heard about it throughout my life, though. For one thing, people who were in their 20s and 30s at that time say things like, “We heard about it, but the priests never said anything so we didn’t think it mattered.” Others…
Of Lent Past, when Fasts Meant Fast, see what we’ve lost
From time to time I think there’s merit to re-evaluate where we are today against practices of the past. To comb the deposit of faith for gems that can illumine why we do things. Now that pre-lent is nearly gone, and we enter lent proper, I’m posting some passages about lent published in 1890 for your edification….
We Need a Miracle to Solve the Obamacare Mandates
Yesterday’s Gospel had the Pharisees asking Our Lord for a sign to prove that He was God. That Gospel ends noting that He and the Apostles left them and got into a boat. Then, in today’s Gospel, we hear that the Apostles “had forgotten to bring bread.” They must have been showing their disappointment and…
Saint Nicholas has something for Everyone – Even Pawn Brokers
Today’s feast is that of Saint Nicholas, a saint worthy of notice by anyone and everyone. He was a Bishop at the young age of 22. (22!). He is famed with resurrecting people from the dead, including three young boys who had been butchered by their father. He brought wheat to his famine struck area…
