As the country prepares to honor the men and women who lost their lives while serving in the U.S. military, writer Lawrence Grayson tells the story of Servant of God Father Emil Kapaun, an Army chaplain who was captured during the Korean
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Lawrence P. Grayson, a visiting scholar in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America, addresses what the Church is and how that should impact each of our lives. Yet, our salvation, he
The Church is experiencing turbulent times, writes Lawrence Grayson. Priests are questioning their vocations. The universal Church is being besieged externally and internally, politically and culturally. And the United States is evolving into a secularist, anything-goes society, becoming anti-religious and threatening the
Two court cases — one currently being considered, the other soon-to-be — raise numerous questions about when a child has legal rights and under what conditions. However, while science has shown that life begins at conception, the nearly half-century of legal battles
Studies show Americans may not really grasp what socialism entails. What did the popes say?
Kittens and infants are cute, playful and highly dependent on their mothers. Recently both received the attention of Congress. On March 7, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) introduced the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now (KITTEN) Act to prevent the USDA from euthanizing
For several weeks at the end of each year, Catholics in America celebrate the beauty and joy of motherhood. The liturgical feasts and biblical readings describe how God instilled hope by creating life in the wombs of virgins and barren women. On
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, future Pope Benedict XVI (CNS) “The real crisis has scarcely begun. We will have to count on terrific upheavals.” Father Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, made these comments about the future of the Church in a radio
Vincent Lambert, a severely injured quadriplegic as a result of a car accident 10 years ago, is in a French hospital. Although he is not terminally ill or in a coma, a doctor decided in April that because of the “therapeutic obstinacy”