There is No Free Breakfast

There is No Free Breakfast

Recently, I gave a presentation for a Catholic radio fundraiser in Billings, Montana. The morning of my departure, I went down for the hotel breakfast. Now, the day before, I’d heard the waitress speak of “free breakfast.” So, assuming I was getting a free breakfast,...
The Problem of Suffering

The Problem of Suffering

Episode 17: Year A – Fourth Sunday of Lent In this episode of the Sunday Catholic Word, we focus on five details in the Liturgy of the Word for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Year A. Four of the five come from the Gospel reading, which, for the long version, is taken from...
Jane Fonda and Murdering Pro-Lifers

Jane Fonda and Murdering Pro-Lifers

Actress Jane Fonda recently raised some eyebrows with her comments on ABC’s The View. When asked what abortion advocates should do in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade besides marching and protesting, Fonda responded, “Well, I thought of murder.” Amid the...
Are You Threatening Me, Kid?

Are You Threatening Me, Kid?

“Thou shalt not kill the innocent.” The movement to protect children before they’re born rests on this moral command, assuming that the child, from the moment he starts to exist, is an innocent human person. There are many routes that the opposition takes to get...