Christmas Carols
Solstice: December 21 Christmas: December 25 Hanukkah: this year, sundown December 25 – sundown January 2 Kwanzaa: December 26 – January 1 New Year: January 1 1500s: A Haunting Song The Coventry Carol, 1534 Traditional With a haunting melody, it’s about Herod’s massacre of babies. See our holiday issues on the Massacre…
Abortion and the Christian Bible: A Consistent-Life Perspective
by Fr. Jim Hewes Biblical Foundations on the Sanctity of Life While the Bible may not explicitly address every modern issue, its teachings provide a framework that values life at all stages. There’s a difference between something that is unbiblical (contrary to biblical teachings) and something non-biblical (not found specifically in the bible). For example,…
The Movie “Wicked”: Making a Real Person of the Witch of the West
Editor’s note, 11.25.25: The second part of the story is now out. You can see a review here: Making an Activist of the Witch of the West in “Wicked for Good” by Rachel MacNair Act 1 of Wicked is now out in theaters, but instead of a 15-minute intermission as happens in the…