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Bishop Joseph Strickland’s Bloodless Martyrdom
By Judie Brown When Pope Frances removed Bishop Joseph Strickland, the shock was overwhelming, as was our sadness. The event immediately reminded me of a lesson I learned from our first spiritual director Father Denis O’Brien, who explained that bloodless martyrdom is the sacrifice of one’s self for the love of Christ, Truth, and the Church. That defines Bishop Strickland perfectly. Once you...
Why I Wrote ‘The Broken Path’
Ever since Saving Those Damned Catholics was completed four years ago, I have felt that a follow-up effort was needed.
To Fear or Not to Fear: A New Obama Appointee
The recess appointment by President Obama of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most recent point of controversy regarding the style with which the president conducts this nation from his office.
Letters to Gabriel, Lessons in Love
I will never forget being asked in 1999 to read a small book Senator Rick Santorum’s wife, Karen, had written about their son Gabriel, who was born prematurely and died two hours later.
A New Year’s Revelation
There can be no doubt that the woman of Revelations is Mary the Mother of God. It is fitting that the Catholic Church should open the New Year with a celebration of her motherhood on January 1.
A Rousing Game of ‘Go Fish’–I Mean ‘Go Wish’
We now have a new card game to play in 2012—a frightening game called “Go Wish.”
Coming to Your Home Soon: New Year’s Resolutions
It is that time of year when people of good will begin thinking seriously about what should be done differently, uttered with more care, or otherwise contemplated as an action worthy of change in the coming year.