The long distance relationship
In August of 2011, I was having a long, deep, interesting conversation—the type women often do–about my deal breakers for a dating relationship. No...
Life is a battlefield
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.
In his recent homily, Pope Francis...
How to Destroy the Family in Six Easy Lessons: The Beelzebul Method
I am known by many names like Beelzebul, Mephistopheles, or Satan. When I was created, God called me Lucifer, but I prefer--Prince of Darkness....
Flannery’s Faithful Fiction
Speed, not death, is the great leveller today. Travellers dash around the globe destroying by their visits the very sites and cultures they have...
Real Black Holes and Fantasy Budgets
We now have our first actual photographic image of a black hole, those theoretical entities first posited in a rudimentary way by John Michell...
Symptoms of disunity
About five years ago, my dad began working for a company that repairs railroad tracks. His job requires him to be away from home...
The True Myth: Easter as the Greatest Story Ever Told
Human beings have always been story-tellers. Since the earliest days, we have striven to express our new-found ability to understand reality and interact more...
For a Few More Medical Moscatis
April 12th marked the anniversary of the death of Saint Joseph Moscati, an Italian physician, who dedicated his life to helping the sick and the...
Tales of Canterbury
I hurtle in one of France’s TGV’s towards Rome, with ancient, stone-built French villages blurring by, nestled quite naturally in the breathtaking beauty of...
Sheen Delayed
As readers may have now read elsewhere, there has been an indefinite postponement of the proposed beatification of Bishop Fulton Sheen which, as prompted...