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Why Being Rather Than Nothingness? Part IV
Part IV in a series. There are some ideas so plainly preposterous, so spectacularly stupid, that only an astrophysicist of atheist persuasion could possibly believe them. And when will we stop listening to such people, I’d like to know—all these self-styled experts eager to tell us how little we know?
St. Francis de Sales
1/20Keynote speakers at “The Beauty of Truth: Navigating Society Today as a Catholic Woman” conference, held Jan. 9-10, 2026, in Houston (left to right): Erika Bachiochi, Mary Eberstadt, Angela Franks, Pia de Solenni, and Leah Sargeant. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of St. Thomas
Sacerdotal Storytellers
The patron saint of journalists is St. Francis de Sales – whose feast is today, 24 January. The Holy Father’s annual message for the World Day of Social Communications is dated for the feast in his honor. St. Francis (1567-1622) was certainly a writer, but not every writer is a
St. Francis de Sales Shows Us How to Be Missionaries of God’s Love
On the memorial of St. Francis de Sales, there are many ways we can celebrate him: as a doctor of the Church for his teachings on the devout life, the love of God and the universal call to holiness, as the patron of journalists and communicators, and as the “Gentleman
‘Come After Me’: Jesus’ Public Ministry Begins in Galilee
Jesus had to move on to more fertile territory, and what a blessing it was for Galilee that he moved there. Sunday, Jan. 25, is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Isaiah 8:23-9:3; Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17. In these early
Tens of Thousands March in DC for 2026 March for Life
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates gathered in the nation’s capital Friday for the 53rd annual March for Life, marching from the National Mall to the Supreme Court to voice their opposition to abortion. This year’s event unfolded under unusually mild January weather, allowing participants to move steadily