More on revival – France Baptism boom
This is off the French English language channel. Good video – Some very interesting interviews.
Christian apologetics
“Catholic Intellectual tradition” at Yale, their most popular history course
Carlos Eire, who escaped from Cuba in 1962 when he was 11 years old, is the professor. Here is an interview with him.
Feast of the Angels; Michael, Gabriel, Raphael
On this date the Church remembers the three archangels mentioned in Scripture by name: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Michael’s name literally means, “Who can compare to God?” He manifests God’s power and might by battling Satan, the huge dragon and ancient Serpent (cf. Rv 12:9), and casting him from heaven. Michael guards the people of … Read more
Interview: Bishop Barron on the latest Vatican document and other stuff
The interview is 22 minutes long and well worth investing 22 minutes whether you like the Bishop or not. Happily Raymond Arroyo doesn’t talk too much on this.
More proof for God: Coffee builds muscle and bone!
Yes, God is good. A new European Journal of Nutrition study of 2,264 middle-aged Finnish adults found that people who drank more coffee tended to have more skeletal muscle, less total body fat, and less visceral fat, even though BMI was similar across coffee-intake groups. The researchers described the pattern simply: “Higher coffee intake groups … Read more
One Minute Jesuit – “Grow Up, Lighten Up”
His point – oh so right.
“I teach at Yale. There are Gen Z Catholics all Around Me”
This is in Slate Magazine – another surprise from a left wing magazine. Another hopeful sign! The author is Sergio Infante, a PhD candidate at Yale. I am not a subscriber to Slate so what I’ve excerpted is all I can copy. Universities need to do more to connect with an increasingly religious student body. … Read more
Response to “Why worship a God who wants you dumb?”
Christian apologist John Lennox is great at answering dumb questions from atheists.