The Joy of the Truth

I know that Pen & Teller have been critical of Catholicism, but in this video they make a good point. They take on environmental extremism (or perhaps any extremism) and force the question, "Do people support causes out of knowledgeable concern, or out...

I just had the pleasure of speaking to youth at a family event in our neighboring diocese. The theme of the conference was God's plan for our sexuality and family. When my talk on "True Sex" was finished, I sat in on the end of the adult track. I missed...

I was talking to my mom about politics yesterday. We were sharing our frustration with all of the negative ads that seem to be hitting a crescendo in the last week before the election. We were also sharing our incredulity at the number of Catholics and...

Are decisions of conscience private moral choices upon which nobody else should tread? Our culture seems to think so. However, the moral conscience always develops in the context of community as we seek objective moral truth together. The fact that our...

Ok, "cheaters never prosper" is a cliche. But so is "every law was meant to be broken," yet we hear this saying much more often - in word or idea. Our country is currently suffering from the greedy cheating of people associated with the Annie Mae and...