A nd not because Santa Clause is coming to town. Recently the U. S. Embassy in Rome has warned United States Citizens to be on high alert...

The opposite of faith is not atheism just as the opposite of love is not hate.   Take this example of hate as opposed to love; In th...

S o Tuesday I joined another priest for lunch at a local grub joint and there was a T.V. in the corner competing for attention with asso...

I know I get stuck on one topic every now and then.   For those whom that annoys I apologize.   Currently I am on this whole atheist com...

I received a short letter from a lady who was quite distressed that reception of Communion in the Catholic Church is limited to Catho...

T here is no other dogma so central to Christianity than the one the Catholic Church celebrates this weekend: that of the Holy Trinity....

F irst an apology for all of the ranting going on here lately. BUT I CAN’T HELP IT! Angela DelBrocco wrote last week in the Akron Beacon...

F ather, Son, and Holy Spirit are formal names. We pray, “In the Name of . . .” We baptize, “In the Name of . . .” We bless, “In the Name of...

T oday we get to the series promised two weeks ago! A cyberfriend of Adam’s Ale by the name Atlas has been proposing some very interesting a...

W ednesday mornings I go visit parishioners at the hospital. One of my favorite people to stop and say hi to is a Jewish man who volunteers ...

A kind soul gave me this book to read with the warning, "You will not like the first two chapters, but keep reading." They were s...