Teaching Our Faith — Every life has a purpose
These teaching editorials focus on issues that are highlighted during October’s Respect Life Month. On September 22 of this year, the Vatican’s Congregation for…
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Science in the Bluegrass — Consider: St. Robert Bellarmine, Galileo and how to think
Look around the Archdiocese of Louisville for a statue of a prominent scientist. You won’t find much. But you can find a large statue…
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Editorial — Pastoral tips for coping
The Record’s counterpart in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis did a great kindness recently. The Catholic Spirit published a public service story…
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Editorial — Let’s refocus on Jesus
A cynic might give thanks that, with all the turmoil we’re experiencing in 2020, a pandemic has kept us from gathering. Can you imagine…
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Science in the Bluegrass- Is there life out there?
Extraterrestrials! They are an idea from science whose impact on popular culture has been huge. Think of those big movie franchises that involve beings…
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Editorial – Reflect on what’s important
Back in 1963 famed historian, Richard Hofstadter produced a work of lasting significance called Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. Though it won the Pulitzer Prize…
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Editorial — Collaborate for common good
Amid the frustrations and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life has issued two documents that take a broad view…
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Editorial — Everybody’s problem
The struggle for racial equality in this nation is filled with empty promises, vacuous rhetoric — and excuses. The police excuse violence against minorities…
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Editorial — Are we at a tipping point?
We’ve all heard it — the more things change, the more they stay the same. But perhaps not this time. There is a great…
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Science in the Bluegrass — All people are of one family
Where does life come from? The first chapter of Genesis describes life being created by God, who instructs living things to “be fertile and…
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