First Confessions

Pornography emasculates men and degrades women.
Jesus clearly states that anyone who looks lustfully at a woman commits “adultery” with her in his heart. Matt. 5:28. Instead of robbing her from her spouse, pornography robs the woman of her dignity as a human person. It subjugates and objectifies her: reducing her into a collection of [...]

In America, the general theory is that Islamic radicals are poor, uneducated, and full of hate. As such, most conclude that more education and social welfare programs are the only way to effectively combat the radicals in the Middle East.
That theory, however, seems to be completely wrong.
According to a series of surveys by the [...]

Venezuela is becoming “a socialist republic.”
Last December, Hugo Chavez was elected to a third term as president by about 63% of the vote. With this mandate, Chavez called for “deep reform” of the national constitution in order to accelerate the socialist revolution.
According to Chavez, “revolutionary laws” are needed to enact sweeping political, economic and social [...]

As practiced today, the death penalty violates Jesus’ Gospel message of love, forgiveness, and redemption.
According to the Holy See, the death penalty is “difficult to justify today.” Although the Catholic Church teaches that “legitimate authorities of State have the duty to protect society from aggressors,” it goes on to teach:
If . . . [...]

Today, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened the United States with a “crushing response” to a American attack on Iran. Interestingly, he did not note what that response might involve (e.g., military, economic, nuclear).
This is not the first time the Iranian religious establishment has spoken out on the [...]