My son Stephen and I spent an unusual, albeit unusually moving, Independence Day:
Guest Columnists
Vacation Bible Camp At Blessed Sacrament
Blessed Sacrament Church, Cypress Hills, was piping with the joy and enthusiasm of 82 children for a two-week Summer Vacation Bible Camp in July.
Knowing the Trinity
Richard of St. Victor, a 12th-century Scottish theologian, is not exactly a household name in 21st-century Christian circles.
Recognizing Future American Saints
Most attention-paying U.S. Catholics are aware of the beatification causes for Archbishop Fulton Sheen and Catholic Worker co-foundress Dorothy Day.
Movie Review: Ninja Turtles Flick Offers an Action-Packed 3-D Thrill-Ride
Thirty years after bursting onto the comic book scene, the wise-cracking, pizza-loving “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Paramount) re-emerge from the sewers of New York City. Their mission, once again: to save the world.
Movie Review: ‘Journey’ Is Light, Lacks Substance
Like an airy souffle, director Lasse Hallstrom’s food-themed romantic fantasy “The Hundred-Foot Journey” (Disney) has an elegant appearance and a charming taste but not much substance.
Is History Really Over?
In 1989, as the Cold War entered the bottom of the ninth inning, political scientist Francis Fukuyama wrote a memorable essay titled “The End of History?” And the argument resolved itself in a straightforward answer: “Yes.”
Is Artificial Insemination Wrong Even Among Married Couples?
Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk clarifies the moral issues regarding artificial insemination for married couples that are unable to conceive children naturally.
A Providential Recipe For Celiac Sufferers
With a tried and true recipe, the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have been producing altar breads and distributing them since 1910. But in the early 1990s, they began to receive telephone calls from individuals who had a unique need for a different recipe: They suffered from celiac disease and could not receive holy Communion in the form of the usual, wheat-based hosts.
A Millennial Column (So to Speak)
I’ve been writing op-ed columns for the Catholic press since 1979. I began this column in 1993 at the invitation of the late Kay Lagreid, then-editor of the now-deceased Catholic Northwest Progress in Seattle.