The legendary rock star who made his name in the group Black Sabbath died over the weekend, after a battle with cancer. And it seems he also had a battle with faith. Deacon Scott Dodge unearthed this interview, from Heavy Metal Magazine, from a few years back: HMM: “How has your Roman Catholic background inspired,…

Health care reform hasn’t deterred at least one pro-life group from using a loophole in the new law to limit funds used for abortions: Abortion opponents fought passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul to the bitter end, and now that it’s the law, they’re using it to limit coverage by private insurers. An…

That’s part of the reflection below, from my sibling in Catholic broadcasting, Fr. Thomas Thomas Rosica, the CEO of Salt + Light Television, Canada’s national Catholic network. This Sunday marks World Communications Day. Happy and Blessed Communicating, one and all!

The Cardinal Newman Society, which keeps track of these things, has compiled a list of speakers at Catholic colleges who violate Catholic teachings: At least nine Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. have invited spring commencement speakers and/or honorary degree recipients whose public positions and actions are clearly at odds with fundamental Catholic teachings,…

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