By kevin-knight | Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. — C.S. Lewis Years ago, following a family viewing of Old Yeller, I asked my kids what they thought the movie was about. The responses were what you’d … Continue reading →

By Joan Desmond | The slippery slope of health-care rationing, fueled by a gaping budget shortfall, is now an issue at the Veterans’ Administration.  Last year, long waits and allegedly fraudulent practices that misrepresented the number of… Original Article

By TRENT BEATTIE | The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s baseball team nearly made the College World Series this year — despite losing eight players from 2014’s starting lineup. While head coach Tony Robichaux did not want this season to … Continue reading →

By EDWARD PENTIN | ROME — A far higher crowd than expected descended on the piazza outside the “Mother of All Churches” in Rome on Saturday to take part in a protest against same-sex rights legislation currently passing through the Italian… … Continue reading →

By Stephanie A. Mann | Patron of Politicians’ Moral Witness Inspires Still | In 1929, G.K. Chesterton said that Thomas More “is important today, but he is not as important now as he will be in 100 years from today.” … Continue reading →

By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI/CNA/EWTN NEWS | TURIN, Italy — A group of teenagers at a Salesian-run professional school in Italy have restored a motorcycle as a gift for the Pope. The Itom 50 model that dates back to the 1960s was … Continue reading →

By FATHER BENEDICT KIELY | ERBIL, Iraq — Dust covers your clothes and sticks in your throat as you drive into the abandoned sports complex, which now houses more than 120,000 Christians, mainly Syriac Catholic, Chaldean Catholic and Syriac… Original … Continue reading →

By ANN SCHNEIBLE/CNA/EWTN NEWS | TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis prayed before the Shroud of Turin on Sunday and reflected on the role the reputed burial cloth of Jesus Christ can play in Christian spiritual life. “The Shroud attracts (us) … Continue reading →

By ANN SCHNEIBLE/CNA/EWTN NEWS | TURIN, Italy — Pope Francis has challenged Christians to seek safety in God’s transformative power, and not in the world. “Do we believe that the Lord is faithful?” the Holy Father said to thousands at … Continue reading →

By TITO EDWARDS | ‘Transabled’ by Chelsea Zimmerman of Ignitum Today – Big Pulpit Love, Tolerance, and the Making of Distinctions – Father Robert Barron, The CWR Blog A Catholic Version of Success – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Stand There… … Continue reading →