The Year of Mercy

MARCH 14, 2015 — Pope Francis has proclaimed the first holy year of his pontificate, and it’s a good one! When Pope St. John Paul II canonized St. Faustina Kowalska, he simultaneously instituted Divine Mercy Sunday as a permanent part of the Church...
CBS’ Blue Bloods: Dissenting in prime time

CBS’ Blue Bloods: Dissenting in prime time

By Judy Roberts OCT. 13, 2014 — For a season and a half, my husband and I were fans of the CBS television series Blue Bloods, starring Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan, head of a New York City law enforcement family. We liked, for the most part, the way the show...

Desperate times for Iraqi Christians

AUG. 21, 2014 — We live in difficult times. Others live in desperate times. Despite the 24-hour news cycle, most Americans are seemingly unaware that terrorists are wiping out Christians in Iraq — Christians with roots going back to St. Thomas the Apostle. Under...

Vatican synod to reinforce Church teaching on the family

JULY 8, 2014 — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog and Editor-in-Chief of Legatus magazine, was a guest on Iowa Catholic Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, this morning. He appeared on the Iowa Catholic Radio TODAY with host Jon Leonetti, Mark Amadeo, and Mary Sue Lone....

Time to step up our game and change the culture

Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog, writes in the July issue Legatus magazine that the fight for religious liberty has only just begun as the secular left and activist judges attempt to redefine marriage and family. — In mid-July, I’ll meet my fourth son....