One of the new trends in food right now is Nashville Hot Chicken (confirmed by KFC’s attempt to market a mass-market friendly version). This profile of the origins of hot chicken and the current offerings in that city is both funny and makes me want... [Continue Reading]
The headline says Generation gap shaping American church as it awaits first visit from Pope “XXX”. Without clicking through was this headline from Pope John Paul’s first visit to the US in 1979 or Pope Benedict’s upcoming... [Continue Reading]
I thought for sure I’d told this story before, but I can’t find it in the archives and it’s too good not to be recorded. [lead dropcap="yes"]When I was a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio back in the mid-90s, there was one... [Continue Reading]
Would the active promotion and participation of a pastor and a parish in a gay pride parade cross the line of appropriate action for Catholics? Should their bishop take action to prevent the spread of scandal and error and having the name of the... [Continue Reading]
Does Cardinal Sodano’s comments yesterday on whether any war can be justified represent a change from immemorial Catholic teaching? Consider the following from St. Thomas Aquinas, who quotes St. Augustine. Cardinal Sodano said: “It is... [Continue Reading]