An excerpt from an interview with a President in the future...

Amid conservative anger over the President's proposals to curb religious violence, the President says he sometimes attends Church.

Asked if he ever attends Church, the President said he did so occasionally when visitors to his retreat were interested in that sort of thing.

"Up at Camp David, we do service all the time," he said. "And I have a profound respect for the traditions of religion that trace back in this country for generations."

"And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake".

The President's plans for tighter religion control were drawn up after last month's massacre at a Church in...READ MORE

"Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb."

I've thought about that line from Luke often. The child in the womb leapt. On this day when hundreds of thousands of people will march for children in the womb, those words have great meaning. The child leapt.

I also can't help but think what a wonderfully appropriate reaction the unborn John had to the presence of Jesus. He leapt. There is something unrestrained and joyous about it that has long fascinated me.

Christianity is, after all, a leaping faith. Without us doing much of anything to deserve it, God's Son came into the world for the purpose of our salvation. That's about the best...READ MORE

When I was a kid, there was one way to insult another kid that I never really understood.  You would supposedly insult another kid and his mother by saying "your mother wears combat boots."  I never really knew what that meant, until now.

It seems that Leon Panetta, in his last act as Secretary of Defense, will announce today that women can now take on direct combat roles.  Yes, women will now be allowed in combat.

As Catholics, we are often accused of being patriarchal and of denigrating the role and importance of women.  Now, that is complete nonsense, of course.  If you merely recognize the fact that men and women are inherently different and have different roles to play in life...READ MORE

Manti Teo is a liar. Yes. He lied. But the linebacker from Notre Dame is guilty of a much greater sin in the eyes of many. He's not cool.

Even as he became one of the most celebrated figures in college football, Teo was never cool. He talked about God. He seemed earnest. Tebow-ish.

For this past year, Teo seemed too good to be true. He was portrayed as everything that was still good in sports. He was a kid who seemed to take his faith seriously and by all accounts was a great young man who returned for his senior year and led his team all the way to the national championship game. The kid was the stuff of legend. And now he's a punchline. And a target. Now, the cool kids have decided...READ MORE

When it comes to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislation, if it saves even one child, we must act. If it kills 150,000, even better!

Governor Andrew Cuomo is all over the news. He recently gave his state of the State address. The headlines were all about guns. He forced upon the legislature gun control legislation without any time for consideration. We must act now to save the life of even one child. Oh yeah?

But Cuomo doesn't want live children, he wants dead ones and more of them.

Fully one third of all pregnancies in New York State end in abortion. That is over 150,000 dead children every single year. By contrast, do you know how many people (not just children) last year were...READ MORE

If you've been reading the news recently you probably saw that four women protested the Pope in St. Peter's Square. USA Today, Reuters, and The Washington Post were just some of the hundreds of media outlets that ran stories on these four women who protested the Church's positions on gay marriage. That's right, four women received round the world coverage. Why? They took off their tops and got world wide coverage for their non-coverage.

Rumor has it that the Kardashians fired their p.r. department last night because they hadn't thought of that first.

This kind of stunt protest is sad but somehow effective kinda' like Gary Coleman saying "Whatchoo talkin' bout Willis" for five bucks a...READ MORE

Just a few months ago President Barack Obama seemed pretty excited to have Cardinal Timothy Dolan, an opponent of gay "marriage" offer the closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention. At that time, the Catholic vote was a point of concern in the election.

But it would seem the election is over. And it's now being reported that one of the pastors chosen to deliver the benediction at President Obama's inauguration withdrew because he once said homosexuality is a sin. This comment caused quite the ruckus from gay-rights groups and certain left-of-center websites. The pastor was even labeled "anti-gay."

And it was the promise of escalating outrage that caused Rev. Louie Giglio,...READ MORE

The Catholic world has heard a lot on the errors of consequentialism over the past few years.  My friend and colleague Mark Shea, in his characteristically subtle way, has often and rightly highlighted the dangers and error associated with this type of thinking, notably as a justification for torture.

For the uninitiated, consequentialsm states that any act can be justified as long as the intended outcome or consequence is good.  For instance, you can torture somebody as long you intend to save lives.  Saving lives is the good intended consequence that justifies the torture.  In short, the ends justify the means. As Catholics we completely reject this moral theory.

To do something...READ MORE