Religion
Des Moines Register publishes Quiner!
[This piece appeared in the Des Moines Register this morning.] THE DAY THE POPE CAME TO IOWA By Tom Quiner “Look at all those people down there!” said Pope John II from his helicopter. He saw long, winding rows of people in the fields at Living History Farms below. “They must be standing in line for…
Read MoreDismiss the Catholic Church at your own risk
A guy sent me a Youtube link reporting on priest abuse.
I had posted an essay on the challenge of Catholic evangelization. The smug video was his response meant to say “conversation over.”
Catholic bashing is a blood sport amongst atheists, the political Left, media, academia, and Hollywood. Their attacks have grown increasingly uncharitable, doing tremendous damage to the Catholic “brand.”
Read MoreCatechism 101
The challenge of Catholic evangelization
“Hey, would you like to go to church with me?”
What a nice, friendly way to be hospitable and evangelize your faith.
Protestants are much better at this than Catholics. Here’s the rub for Catholics: once they get their non-Catholic friends to Mass, they can’t let them go up for Communion. You have to be Catholic.
Read MoreChrist Our Life
I spent the weekend Facebooking and tweeting from the Christ Our Life Conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
What a weekend. I listened to top Catholic speakers peel back the depth and beauty of Catholic faith.
Here is a quick distillation of key ideas presented by these speakers:
Read MoreThe dysfunctional family that is the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church is a big, messy family.
I’m blogging live at the Christ Our Life Catholic Conference at Wells Fargo Arena. The arena is packed with the Catholic faithful from around the Midwest. I’m guessing there are about 7500 Catholics in attendance…
Read MoreThe “fake church” supported by the State
“What was once a request to live and let live has now become a demand for approval. The ‘ruling class,’ those who shape public opinion in politics, in education, in communications, in entertainment, is using the civil law to impose its own form of morality on everyone.”
Read MoreCardinal Dolan should step down as Grand Marshall of the St. Patty’s Parade
Many Catholics were surprised when Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York decided to remain as the parade’s Grand Marshall saying, “Neither my predecessors as Archbishop of New York nor I have ever de-termined who would or would not march in this parade . but have always appreciated the cooperation of parade organizers in keeping the parade close to its Catholic heritage.”
Read MoreWill homosexual activists ruin the St. Patrick Day’s parade?
“Never in the history of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade have homosexuals been barred from marching, anymore than pro-life Catholics have, but in both cases they were not permitted to have their own unit.”
Read MoreTime to get serious about the culture war
“But now we are being asked to raise toasts and to enjoy a night of frivolity with those who think it is acceptable to abort children by the millions each year, with those who think anal sex is to be celebrated as an expression of love and that LGBTQIA… (I=intersexual, A= Asexual) is actually a form of sanity to which we should tip our hat, and with those who stand four-square against us over religious liberty.”
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