Author Archives: David Ancell

I finally made it back from Steubenville last night. I mentioned before that I found that my entire itenerary was cancelled when I arrived at the airport in Memphis. The flight they put me on went pretty well. I had … Continue reading →

Today was the third and final day of the conference. It started off with a conversion story. Unfortunately, I forgot the guy’s name. He was good, though. He was a classmate of Scott Hahn’s in the Calvinist seminary. Rosalind Moss … Continue reading →

This morning, we were at Mass with Cardinal Arinze celebrating. He was just awesome. I had to listen closely to understand him through his accent, but it was well worth it. He taught us a new term (new to me, … Continue reading →

It’s late, and I’m back at the hotel after my first day in Steubenville. I had an adventure getting here. I found out at check-in that my flight was cancelled, and so was my return flight. I had to connect … Continue reading →

Fr. John Corapi gives one of the best detailed explanations from the Catechism of what constitutes being an accomplice or an accessory to another’s sin. Of course, he is talking about the necessity of voting pro-life. He tackles all of … Continue reading →

We have enough problems with people who have broken away from the Church on the grounds that the Church has broken faith without this stuff going on. It only serves to add fuel to their fire. Now, granted, I’m … Continue reading →

Add Bishop Robert Vasa to the list of courageous bishops (link shamelessly stolen from Jeff Miller). I’ve been reading some things about him, and I don’t think that the Diocese of Baker could ask for better. He actually understands that … Continue reading →

At long last, my vacation has begun. I’m at home today doing some things to get ready, including developing my site administration tool. I’ve been reading up on some ASP.NET. I’m trying to get my site administration tools up to … Continue reading →

I’ve been waiting for time to blog this article. The author writes about perspectives that will and won’t work when confronting the issue of same-sex attraction. No matter how sympathetic one may be, it will not do any good for … Continue reading →

I wonder how anyone can read this article and say that Bush and the Republican party won’t do anything about abortion. I bring this up because I was told this by some Catholics who consider themselves pro-life but wish to … Continue reading →