During a recent interview with an Italian newspaper, Pope Francis said Christmas is all about hope and tenderness.
A massive backlash is growing on the Internet and social media against A&E for suspending popular Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson from the hit show because of comments he made about homosexuality.
Instead of wasting $630,000 worth of taxpayer money to attract followers to the State Department's Facebook and Twitter account, why not send every taxpaying household in America a copy of U.S. Senator Tom Coburn's (R-OK) annual oversight report - Wastebook 2013 - so they can see exactly what the government is doing with their hard-earned dollars?
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (St. Edith Stein) wrote, "On the question of relation to our fellow men -- our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love."These words express a great truth and they should be at the heart of every action we perform for another, especially as we seek to enter more deeply into the very heart of God given to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Parents with school-aged children should make a regular habit of checking Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum blog where she keeps people informed of what's really going on inside our nation's public schools.
