The Scriptural mandate, “pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” seems appropriate given recent events in Iran: the U.S.-Israeli strikes and especially the demise of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. When violence explodes in one area of the Middle East, the whole region can become a powder keg. And there are innocent casualties.
Father Michael’s question, “have you told the women?” disarmed Martha Reichert – and changed her life.
E un-man was born with cerebral palsy. He spent 14 years in a hospital, and many people are grateful for it.
In the final months of her life, Sister Thea Bowman heard the whispers.
There was nothing unusual about Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee meeting with singer Jelly Roll before pardoning him for the felony robbery and drug-related crimes in his past.
The Boston Globe headline was blunt:
There’s a proabortion idea going around that the pro-life movement doesn’t care about babies after they are born.
One of my favorite quotes from William F. Buckley Jr., a founding father of the conservative movement whose wisdom we sure could use right now is, “we are basket cases of ingratitude, so many of us.”
It’s the question believers have asked for centuries when wars threaten nations, storms ravage cities and diseases strike loved ones: “Why, oh God, why?”
Just before Christmas, former Sen.