In Philadelphia, New Cases Loom in Priest ScandalNon-Catholic friends have approached me asking my thoughts on the latest of the child-molestation, especially with it being in the City of Brotherly Love, my hometown. Will I finally consider going to that Baptist church and join the awesome gospel choir? Or the Presbyterian church that has a ( Read more... )

Vatican defends pope's stand on condoms as criticism mountsWhy should Pope Benedict be criticized for re-enforcing what the Catholic Church teaches ( Read more... )

Do you watch Smallville? It's a TV show on the WB depicting the teenage days of a boy that would later become known as Superman. Each episode shows Clark Kent battling some bad guy with special powers that is trying to win the affection of a certain Lana Lang - Clark's love. But there's an underlying plot of Clark's struggle with his identity. ( Read more... )

And I thought Americans were up at arms against Christianity! The Italians are crazier!

Priest vs. Athiest

Maybe I'll have some time later to put my thoughts down on this.

No Church on Christmas Sunday?

A couple things I'd like to say about this.

I'll write about it later, though.

Something happened to me the other day that I’m having trouble with. I was driving on the Expressway and I noticed a car that passed me had a sign taped inside the back window. “God Bless America”, the sign read. Now I’ve seen, God knows, hundreds of such signs over the last few years. I’m sure you have, too. No doubt the tragic events of ( Read more... )

I'm still debating whether to go into town for this Live8 shindig, or go to the country and visit friends. The Philadelphia airport has been pure chaos all week. At least the International terminal has been (I can see it easily from my desk.) One of my airport friends told me it's all because of Live8. If this is how the airport was, I can't ( Read more... )

At 1PM today, I felt like I HAD to go to Daily Mass. Actually, I don't remember walking to Mass, but before I knew it, I was there, dripping wet from walking through the rain w/out an umbrella. I entered to hear this reading:

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Alot has been going on lately.

Not personal stuff

Pope John Paul III always thought he was a great man, but I can't say that he directly affected my life. So I was surprised with the wave of sadness that washed over me after hearing of his death. It's also surprising to see how much coverage this is getting in the media. He's the only Pope I' ( Read more... )

I'm born and raised Roman Catholic. I'm one of those statistically staunch Catholics that goes to Church regularly. This is my opinion about The Church's stance on this year's U.S. political elections. Feel free to comment.We live in a country where democracy rules ( Read more... )