Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

The Beatles and the F-Bomb

In January 1969, the Beatles gathered on a soundstage of London’s Twickenham Studios to write and record several songs they would perform live for television and release as an album. After several years of not performing for a live audience, the Beatles, or Paul McCartney anyway, wanted to recreate the excitement they generated when they […]

The Good News About Fiducia Supplicans

Well, the title alone is enough to make you read the article. Now that the dust has surged on Fiducia Supplicans, we should look at the good news about it. It does, as Cardinal Fernández and Pope Francis hoped it would, provide clarity; it just isn’t the clarity they wanted. It doesn’t clarify what the […]

One Year Without George Pell

Just ten days after the death of Pope Benedict XVI on New Year’s Eve 2022, we were shocked by the news that Cardinal Pell, too, had preceded us into the house of the heavenly father. In the midst of the current battle for the “truth of the Gospel” (Gal. 2:14), the pilgrim church has lost […]

House votes to protect pro-life pregnancy centers from Biden plan to deny them funding

At a press conference held before the vote, Rep. Kat Cammack shared the story of how her mother almost aborted her. / Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 19, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). The House of Representatives passed a resolution to maintain funding for pro-life pregnancy resource centers Thursday amid efforts within […]