Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Archbishop suggests that Pope Francis secretly sneaks out at night to feed the poor | National Post

Rome program aims to better priests' engagement with media :: EWTN News

There's 'ugly', ' damned ugly' and ' butt ugly ', yet none of these captures the essence of this ' statue ' in ' tribute ' to the late Blessed Pope John Paul II. The best comment I've read about it came from 'Rationalist1' on the Holy Post who wrote: "The artist misunderstood the request to make Pope John Paul II look holy."   Judge for yourself and let me know what you think by posting a comment here. John Paul II statue sparks controversy in Rome | Holy Post | National Post

Outside the Asylum: So just how far have we progressed?

The Vatican has responded to the installation of a condom machine in a Roman High School. Read about it here. I wonder if the folks who were shouted down as extremists when they predicted this day would happen  when the State would circumvent all parental rights as regards to the regulation of the sexual behavior of their children are still around to see the accuracy of their forecasts. You know the people I mean... the folks from HLI and other organizations who opposed the rights of Public Health professionals to hand out condoms without parental consent in high school. HLI claimed that eventually such items would be offered without any form of adult supervision if parent committees started down this path - and they were ridiculed as being little more than religious fanatics. They were shouted down in many a meeting I attended back in the 70's and 80's when I was a social worker in the public school system. I was among those who were SHOUTING!! Now I PRAY that those who ...