12 hours ago3 min readThe Path to PeaceIt’s not uncommon to hear someone say something like “Years ago, people were more trusting. People left their cars unlocked. Hitchhiking...
Nov 14 min readThanksgivingThe following editorial appeared in the November, 2011 issue of The Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Thanksgiving by Fr. Kenneth Baker,...
Oct 14 min readThe State Without GodWinston Churchill once said “Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it.” Many of the problems we now face as a nation are...
Sep 13 min readCatholic EducationOne day, probably in 7th or 8th grade (1962-64), I came home from my Catholic grade school for lunch and complained to my mom about one...
Aug 13 min readFundamentalsIn 1916, Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, opened her first birth control clinic. In her Autobiography, she says she...
Jul 13 min readFreedom Under GodAt the beginning of the 1956 movie, The Ten Commandments, director Cecil B. DeMille prefaces the film with his own comments: “The subject...
Jun 13 min readThe Sacrament of TruthOur founder, Fr. Kenneth Baker, was for forty years editor of the Homiletic and Pastoral Review and wrote an editorial for each issue. ...
May 13 min readThe Body and Blood of ChristA Pew Research Center report, published in 2019, stated that only 31% of U.S. Catholics believe that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood...
Apr 13 min readMaterialistic LifeA December 2023 issue of the Wall Street Journal included an article about a company called Orchid Biosciences which has developed a test...
Mar 14 min readThe Apostolate of SufferingWhy does God allow pain, evil and suffering? To bring greater good out of it. Considering the protracted agonies some endure, this is...