Commenting on gender reassignment as “treatment” for people with gender identity issues a few years ago, Wesley Smith said : People want to be fulfilled
Since the beginning of the practice of medicine, the Hippocratic Oath has been used to ensure that medicine remains oriented toward its true purpose: “First,
Over the last few months, especially with upcoming Synod on the Family this Fall, lots of rumors are swirling about what the Church will or
I can’t stop talking about my daughter. Well, I could, but I have absolutely no desire to. I want to take a zillion more pictures
Regardless of your stance on abortion, it’s safe to assume you would agree that it is a hot button topic. What’s a person to do
In my previous column, I mentioned that there are three senses in which we have real freedom, and one sense in which we have false
A while back, the associate pastor at our church announced that he would be taking three months off to go to Mexico. Now, before you
When choosing my Confirmation saint, I had only one requirement – that the saint be someone no one else was likely to choose. I wanted
We currently live one block away from our parish. One block! You’d think we would practically live over there. I certainly expected to be stopping
Savior siblings are the topic of Jodi Picoult’s novel “My Sister’s Keeper,” but they are also a reality. Savior siblings are children conceived for the
American culture, through generations of inherited ignorance, perpetuates many false ideas about the Catholic Church’s teachings about women. You can find the caricatures in almost any television
What makes us free? There are, on the whole, three true types of freedom and one false one. Among the three true types, one is
Often, young Catholics encounter struggles in their day-to-day lives. These struggles can range from arguing with parents to doing poorly in school, or to having
The news media briefly turned its attention to the Hit HBO series, “Game of Thrones” last week after US Senator Claire McCaskill (Dem, MO) tweeted
As I watch this video, I wonder how many men are bored with their lives. I remember I was. I was still in the Air
As a mom of a two year old girl, I’ve become aware of the struggles of “normal” toddler behavior. One of the more frustrating aspects
Lately, while browsing my otherwise innocuous Facebook wall, I have seen a multitude of people sharing a nifty, colorful flow-chart which sarcastically shows how silly
I thought this morning that holiness comes like a sunrise. The Holy Spirit hovers over the waters, filling the earth with goodness and light. A
Recently, I had an experience where my eyes were opened firsthand to the influence that media has on children. A child doesn’t understand the damage
The existence of this website attests to the Ignitum Today team’s belief in evangelizing power of the Internet. Like all other means of communication, the
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for
