IVF Creates Dilemma God Never Intended
This piece at CNN caught my attention: What happens to extra embryos after IVF? The article concerns the moral struggle that people find themselves in after having conceived using in vitro...
View ArticlePope Encourages Priests
Yesterday from Zenit The Holy Father gave some particular words of encouragement to priests. He urged them: “live the liturgy and worship with joy and love: It is action that the Risen One carries out...
View ArticleHomily 113 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Knowing is Only Half the Battle We are all familiar with the story of the Good Samaritan in today’s gospel. Yet, what do we do with the knowledge gleaned from this parable? Today’s homily gives the...
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A Baby Hippo Could Save Your Marriage
A baby hippopotamus was born recently at the Topeka Zoo. While hippos may not be the most attractive of God’s creatures, you have to admit that this little guy is cute. His birth, however, created...
View ArticleAddress to the Kansas Congressional Pro-Life Prayer Breakfast
Kansas Must Lead I delivered the following talk as the keynote address at the annual Kansans For Life congressional prayer breakfast held in Topeka. In attendance were the various senators and...
View ArticleHomily 192 – Religious Liberty and Justice for All
This weekend and last weekend, bishops throughout the country have written letters to the faithful that were read at Mass in response the recent attack on religious liberty by our government, aimed...
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Archbishop Naumann and U.S. Bishops Hear from Pope About Marriage
Archbishop Naumann is currently in Rome along with the bishops of KS, MO, IA and NE for the “ad limina” visit required of bishops every 5 years. This morning, Pope Benedict delivered to following...
View ArticleHomily 196 – 3rd Sunday of Lent Year B
Thank God for Rules Have you taken time lately to look at the owner’s manual for your car? You might be surprised to find a few new features there. God has also given us a spiritual owner’s manual for...
View ArticleIntrinsic Evils and Voting
Here’s a 3 minute spot I did for Catholic radio on intrinsic evils and voting. It’s kind of neat to be in my car and hear myself come on the air. Download Most moral issues aren’t so black and white as...
View ArticleCatholic Voting Principles
Here is a half hour show that I did for Catholic radio on principles that Catholics need to be aware of as we enter the voting booth. Download Topics Covered Include What is conscience? How do I form...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Address to the March for Life
I’ve been attending the March for Life in Washington for years. Often, the President has chosen to send a message of encouragement to the half million people gathered outside his door. Sadly, President...
View Article1968 All Over Again
Pope Francis started it. He said that we need to look at how the Church can better minister to people in “second marriages.” That doesn’t seem so bad. It seems like a very pastoral concern. He even...
View ArticleHomily 280 – Truth, Mercy, and Marriage – 19th Sunday after Pentecost, EF
These past few weeks have been filled with a lot of confusion as faithful Catholics and even the larger world have been trying to make sense of various pieces of information coming from Rome and the...
View ArticlePope Allows Communion for Divorced and Remarried
Today, an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) confirmed that the Holy Father himself has issued a statement outlining the conditions under which divorced and civilly...
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Can the Divorced and Remarried Really Receive Communion?
Earlier today I posted a piece with the rather provocative headline “Pope Allows Communion for Divorced and Remarried.” Now, it was a bit of a risk, I know. The statement is absolutely true, but I was...
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Pope Francis Condemns Rabbit Heresy
You see them everywhere these days. Families with twenty or thirty kids. You could swear that last week at Mass John and Mary had only a dozen or so kids, but now they’re back this week and there are...
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Soybeans and Meaningless Marriage
Every year when I go to file my taxes as a proud resident of the state of Kansas I am asked at the end of the process whether I might be eligible for any of a number of tax credits. It seems like I...
View ArticleAbortion, Confession, and Excommunication
In preparation for the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis released a letter expressing his desire to give priests some special abilities to minister to those seeking forgiveness for having participated in an...
View ArticleThe Pope Goes to Washington
It’s been an amazing couple of days here in Washington as Pope Francis has just completed his visit. Despite attempts to overly politicize this visit, Pope Francis showed us once again that the Church...
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