A recent study shows that believing that you have a relationship with God and that you are going to be saved after death, as well as other religious beliefs and activities, help you sleep better.
People with faith tend to sleep better — Aleteia:
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
31 January, 2019
30 January, 2019
Expert sees Asia Bibi acquittal fueling push for 'rule of law' in Pakistan
Following Tuesday’s “definitive” acquittal of Asia Bibi, an illiterate Catholic mother of four who spent almost a decade on death row on blasphemy charges, one Asia expert says the next frontier for minorities in Pakistan is the press for full equality as citizens under the law.
Expert sees Asia Bibi acquittal fueling push for 'rule of law' in Pakistan:
Expert sees Asia Bibi acquittal fueling push for 'rule of law' in Pakistan:
29 January, 2019
Should Scientists Toy With the Secret to Life? - The New York Times
The gene-editing technology Crispr has the power to remake life as we know it. Questions about how to use it concern everyone.
Opinion | Should Scientists Toy With the Secret to Life? - The New York Times:
Opinion | Should Scientists Toy With the Secret to Life? - The New York Times:
28 January, 2019
C. Matthew Hawkins: Encountering Christ; A Conspiracy of Love: Beale Street: Mid-70s African American Novel Gets 21st Century Cinematographic Treatment
Here's a blog post that's a review of a film currently playing in theatres titled 'Beale Street' written by a seminarian I've met here in Baltimore during my current sabbatical. Matt Hawkins is a man of tremendous passion, zeal, and intellect who has clearly dedicated his life to both promoting the Gospel of Christ and bettering the welfare of the greater American community. I suspect that we'll be hearing a great deal from this young man in the years to come within the American Church and beyond.
Check out his blog and see there just a taste of what I believe he has to offer. It has been the opportunity to meet, discuss, and debate issues of theology and social justice that I count among the great gifts this time of study at St. Mary's Seminary and University here in Baltimore has afforded me. I am truly blessed. Here's hoping we all will continue to be blessed by reading more from this insightful Catholic: Matt Hawkins in the years to come. Well done Matt.
C. Matthew Hawkins: Encountering Christ; A Conspiracy of Love: Beale Street: Mid-70s African American Novel Gets 21st Century Cinematographic Treatment:
Check out his blog and see there just a taste of what I believe he has to offer. It has been the opportunity to meet, discuss, and debate issues of theology and social justice that I count among the great gifts this time of study at St. Mary's Seminary and University here in Baltimore has afforded me. I am truly blessed. Here's hoping we all will continue to be blessed by reading more from this insightful Catholic: Matt Hawkins in the years to come. Well done Matt.
C. Matthew Hawkins: Encountering Christ; A Conspiracy of Love: Beale Street: Mid-70s African American Novel Gets 21st Century Cinematographic Treatment:
27 January, 2019
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25 January, 2019
Christians in the Cultural Crosshairs
Christians in the Cultural Crosshairs: NEWS ANALYSIS: Targets Include Kentucky High-School Boys, Karen Pence
24 January, 2019
Vatican takes stab at bettering Latin American politics
Vatican takes stab at bettering Latin American politics: Twenty-six young Latin American Catholics involved in politics will travel to the Vatican in March 2019 as part of a study program organized by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, L’…
23 January, 2019
Fortifying the Faith in a Time of Crisis
Fortifying the Faith in a Time of Crisis: At this moment of crisis, Catholics need to draw closer to Christ, not farther away.
22 January, 2019
Nathan Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine
While chanting and playing ceremonial drums, a group of Native American rights activists reportedly led by Nathan Phillips attempted Jan. 19 to enter Washington, DC’s National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during a Saturday evening Mass.
Nathan Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine:
Nathan Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine:
5 Things to Know About World Youth Day 2019
5 Things to Know About World Youth Day 2019: The youth event in Panama starts today and ends Jan. 27.
21 January, 2019
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19 January, 2019
Who gets to decide when a 14-year-old wants to change gender? The child, the hospital, the battling parents?
Who gets to decide when a 14-year-old wants to change gender? The child, the hospital, the battling parents? | National Post: A B.C. case raises difficult questions about parental rights and about how young is too young to make medical decisions. The result is a messy ethical and legal tangle
Sexual Abuse and the End of Papal Deference
Sexual Abuse and the End of Papal Deference: COMMENTARY: The Chilean bishops’ visit to Rome demonstrated the newfound willingness of bishops to push back publicly against objection...
Why I Assigned “The Kingdom” | Stephen E. Lewis
Why I Assigned “The Kingdom” | Stephen E. Lewis | First Things: Our daily blog content exclusive to the web hits on hot topics in both religion and public life and will keep you informed and entertained all week.
18 January, 2019
Sojourner's Notes from a Sabbatical
Back in the day when I was still a young priest, I used to have the opportunity to augment my meagre clerical salary by filling in as a supply teacher at the local Catholic High School. One day a young lad, eager to establish his bona fides with his fellow ‘back of the classroom’ mates, decided to challenge me to prove that heaven and hell were realities we would face when we departed this mortal coil. “If they really exist” he asked, “tell me what they are really like.” After explaining that I had as yet no first hand experience of either eternal state I said that I could only answer his question by using earthly analogies that we both could relate to. “Hell” I said “was a never ending litany of wedding rehearsals while heaven was a library that held more interesting books than I could read in an eternity.” Using that paradigm, I am currently experiencing a taste of heaven as I enjoy a sabbatical at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland where I am spending many blissful hours each day in their library researching a topic I’ve given much thought to over the years: ‘Friendship as a model of the moral and religious life’.
Friendship (filial love) has long been held as the least important type of love. Christian theology holds agape love (total self-giving) as the highest form of love that believers should strive to emulate. Post-modern Western culture lifts up sexual love (eros) as that penultimate goal of human existence guaranteed to bring one fulfillment in life. But many wise sages through the years have argued that friendship stands at least as their equal as the means of living a virtuous and fulfilled life. Aristotle declared in his signature work The Nicomachean Ethics that friendship was the one essential thing that a virtuous person needed to possess a life worthy of living. Others as noteworthy as Cicero and Thomas Aquinas offered similar arguments expounding on the vital role that filial love plays in the good life. Modern philosophers and theologians from Paul Wadell, C.P., to Michael Pakaluk, and John M. Cooper have also offered a vigorous defence of this oft-denigrated mode of love. Having the luxury to be able to spend as many hours as I desire each day to read the works of such notables in the comfort of a modern university library is truly a foretaste for me of the promised New Jerusalem of paradise.
So what has this paradisiacal experience taught me about friendship? Stay tuned to the blog and I'll post whatever nuggets of wisdom I'm able to digest.
Friendship (filial love) has long been held as the least important type of love. Christian theology holds agape love (total self-giving) as the highest form of love that believers should strive to emulate. Post-modern Western culture lifts up sexual love (eros) as that penultimate goal of human existence guaranteed to bring one fulfillment in life. But many wise sages through the years have argued that friendship stands at least as their equal as the means of living a virtuous and fulfilled life. Aristotle declared in his signature work The Nicomachean Ethics that friendship was the one essential thing that a virtuous person needed to possess a life worthy of living. Others as noteworthy as Cicero and Thomas Aquinas offered similar arguments expounding on the vital role that filial love plays in the good life. Modern philosophers and theologians from Paul Wadell, C.P., to Michael Pakaluk, and John M. Cooper have also offered a vigorous defence of this oft-denigrated mode of love. Having the luxury to be able to spend as many hours as I desire each day to read the works of such notables in the comfort of a modern university library is truly a foretaste for me of the promised New Jerusalem of paradise.
So what has this paradisiacal experience taught me about friendship? Stay tuned to the blog and I'll post whatever nuggets of wisdom I'm able to digest.
Archbishop Naumann: The Pro-Life Movement Must Be One of Mercy
Archbishop Naumann: The Pro-Life Movement Must Be One of Mercy: Kansas City shepherd presided at the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the basilica in Washington.
17 January, 2019
16 January, 2019
Why Is Jordan Peterson So Popular? The Canadian psychology professor’s stardom is evidence that leftism is on the decline—and deeply vulnerable.
Why Is Jordan Peterson So Popular? - The Atlantic: The Canadian psychology professor’s stardom is evidence that leftism is on the decline—and deeply vulnerable.
Pope Francis: What to expect in 2019
Pope Francis: What to expect in 2019: The finalization of a Curial reform process, a reshuffle in some Vatican positions, and an eventual consistory to “refill” the College of Cardinals might be among Pope Francis’ key moves in 2019.
Archbishop Lori Announces System to Report Allegations Against Baltimore Bishops
Archbishop Lori Announces System to Report Allegations Against Baltimore Bishops: Complaints made through the Ethics Point system about bishops will be routed to Baltimore’s diocesan review board.
15 January, 2019
Should Catholics Be More Involved In Politics?
Should Catholics Be More Involved In Politics?: Is a lack of Catholic political involvement really the problem?
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