"Near Death Experiences." Those three words can generate tremendous interest from the most devout of believers to the greatest skeptics. This past month, there was some extensive coverage of this phenomenon of Near Death Experiences…
A MATTER OF TRUST
Every so often, you will see online, or in a newspaper or in a magazine article a list of what American people consider the most prestigious, most respected of jobs. What occupations people consider the most…
A TALE OF TWO MEN
I’ve spent a bulk of today reading the long awaited report from the Vatican on the former Archbishop of Newark, Theodore McCarrick. At about 6 hours in, I was a little more than halfway through…
ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE
Every year on November 9th, we celebrate not the death of someone who was named a Saint, nor the birth of someone significant but the dedication of a specific Church in the City of Rome. …
BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
Anyone who’s been fortunate to visit Rome, go to their museums, spend time in the great Churches and massive Basilica’s can attest that it is often a sensory overload. Your first time entering into some…
THE FINAL DEBATE
Here it is, first week of November. You have politicians on complete opposite ends of the issue and people getting so worked up and passionate about their stands that it makes one afraid to offer…
HONORING THE UNKNOWNS
Back in fourth grade, my family took what might have been my first visit to Washington D.C. It’s kind of interesting what stands out in memory almost 40 years later: - I remember it was…