I threw a DVD  of “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” into my player last night.  I needed a touch of innocence to block out the television news.  Hard to accept but the real world had grown more fantastical, dark, and insane, than makebelieve. In the episode I selected,

Recently, Pope Francis issued a statement which not only accepted science’s “Big Bang” theory on the origin of the universe but embraced Darwin’s theory of evolution as well. He concluded that neither of these suppositions contradicted the idea of divine intervention. On the c

While the world rejoices in Pope Francis’ vow to return the Church to its mission of mercy for the poor and the weak, writer Mary Gordon points out he continues to keep American nuns in the critical spotlight for doing just that instead of taking a stand against abortion, homosexual

In a recent Vatican sermon, Pope Francis chastised childless couples for pursuing personal happiness and showering affection on their pets.  (“Pope Francis: Criticizing childless couples,” The Week, June 20, 2014, pg. 17.)  I had to smile because his remarks seemed to imply that