by Guest Author | Aug 15, 2023 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church, Religious Freedom
By Catholic Wise Guy I had a long and beautiful relationship with baseball, and it pains me to say, “Don’t Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Forget the peanuts and cracker jacks, I’m not root, rooting for my home team or any team, not even the Cubs. One, two, and three...
by Guest Author | Jul 18, 2023 | CUP Blog, Sanctity of Life
By Professor Timothy J.A. O’Donnell Feast of St. Mary Killop 2023 The 4th of July is by far my favorite national holiday. Everything about it – here, what comes to mind are the three F’s: family, food, fireworks – signify our natural love of Country and heartfelt...
by Guest Author | Jul 5, 2023 | CUP Blog, Preservation of Religious Liberty (and Other), Religious Freedom
By Monsignor Joseph F. Schaedel, Pastor St. Luke Catholic Church Indianapolis Fourth of July Homily Philippians 4: 6-9; John 14: 23-29 July 4, 2023 Perhaps the most famous symbol for our nation—other than the flag—is The Statue of liberty. It was a gift...
by Guest Author | Mar 30, 2023 | CUP Blog, Preservation of God’s Natural Law & Democratic Republic, Religious Freedom
By Professor Timothy J.A. O’Donnell The “Triumph of Orthodoxy” (as it is known) on March 11, 843 AD marks the official end of the great heresy of Iconoclasm. More than a thousand years later Iconoclasm is being inflicted on us once again. In this essay, I will...
by Guest Author | Jan 3, 2023 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church, Religious Freedom
By Veronica Werth Adoration of the Magi, 1620. Oil on canvas, 235 x 277.5 cm. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg About two years ago, I discovered the idea of a Literary Advent. For each day of Advent, a Christmastide poem or except is read (preferably aloud). It is a...
by Guest Author | Dec 14, 2022 | CUP Blog, Our Catholic Faith & Church, Religious Freedom
by Lori Baxter Many children have been and are being taught that our world is being devastated by global warming and it is our fault. We have exploited the good resources of earth along with over-populating it; therefore, carbon emissions are increasing and we are...
