Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Background: World Day of Migrants and Refugees (CWN)

On September 24, the Church observes the 109th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, a commemoration instituted by St. Pius X. Pope Francis’s message for the day, issued on May 9, is entitled “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay.”

A Church Against Science?

A Church Against Science? By Tom Verde September 23, 2023 Perhaps the most famous image in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel, painted around 1511, is The Creation of Adam, the moment when God is a divine breath away from imparting life to Adam with the near touch of their outstretched fingers. Yet before God created human beings, […]

Brain scans of coffee drinkers show its effects go beyond caffeine…

Many coffee drinkers will tell you there’s something about that morning cup that other sources of caffeine just can’t match. Researchers in Portugal recently set out to investigate that idea: Is caffeine solely responsible for making people feel more alert, or do other parts of the morning ritual — coffee’s smell or taste, perhaps — […]