By the time this review lands in your mailbox, you'll likely have seen dozens of print, television and online ads for the movie version of the best-selling porn novel 50 Shades of Grey. Groups like Morality in the Media blasted the film's R rating as way too soft. It truly needs an NC-17 stamp, which would have killed its box office appeal.
With a subtitle like The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood, you know the authors have something extraordinary in store for readers. The Popcaks — popular Catholic authors, radio hosts, and family experts — present this unique guide to help new parents care for their baby, self, marriage, and spiritual life.
In his latest book, Atlanta Legate Randy Hain shares creative ways Catholics can live their faith and pass it on to others — often with extraordinary results. Joyful Witness introduces us to individuals who have accomplished amazing things for God, things that have made them extraordinary Catholics.
Father Stephen Parkes grew up with two older brothers and became one of two priests in his family. His brother, Gregory Parkes, serves as bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee. Father Parkes is pastor to 3,700 families at Annunciation Catholic Church north of Orlando and has a background and education in business and marketing. In addition to his pastoral work and chaplaincy duties with Legatus’ Orlando Chapter, Fr. Parkes is vicar forane (dean) to approximately 35 priests in 14 parishes and serves on the Diocese of Orlando’s presbyteral council. He spoke to Legatus magazine’s editorial assistant Tim Drake.
Of course it is! If that weren’t the case, then no couple would have a valid marriage until their first child was born. A marriage is valid as soon as the vows are exchanged and the marriage is consummated — that is, when the first sexual union takes place.
You may have set resolutions in January, but have you kept them? How about resolving to modify your lifestyle to lower your risk factors for heart disease? Modifiable risk factors include smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes and obesity.
If there was one strain of political thought that was evident in the November elections, it was libertarianism. As a political philosophy, libertarianism today is roughly what was called liberalism in the 19th century; it is also known as classical liberalism.
The late Fr. Richard Neuhaus famously said: “Thousands of medical ethicists and bioethicists, as they are called, professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage through the debatable on the way to becoming the justifiable until it is finally established as unexceptionable.”
Ethics matter, just as the title of this column presumes. This is an axiom, not an option. But that reality can’t be separated from the hearts of those we lead. It’s imperative that leaders communicate their vision and application of ethical matters so that the culture within the organization doesn’t suffer.
Blaise, who studied philosophy in his youth, became a physician in Sebastea, Armenia (modern-day Sivas, Turkey), where he was born. He exercised his practice with tremendous skill and piety. When the local bishop died, Blaise was chosen to succeed him. People flocked to see him, seeking cures for body and spirit.
When free speech advocates took to the streets of Paris last month, their signs read “Je Suis Charlie,” French for “I Am Charlie.” Their noble but misguided enthusiasm caught the attention of many, including Pope Francis.
Welcome to awards season! Our culture loves to honor artistic, athletic and political success. In a game for the ages, the Ohio State Buckeyes were just crowned with their first college football national championship since 2002.