February 21, 2025 by frbillnicholas THE POPE & THE VP Fr. Bill offers comments on the recent exchange between Pope Francis and the Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic, regarding the mass deportation of Illegal Immigrants in the United States.
February 13, 2025 by frbillnicholas RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Our Nation’s First Founding Principle Fr. Bill re-visits the value of having Religious Liberty in any Free Society and how, if it is to endure, Governments must protect that Freedom, but the citizens must also not fail to exercise it.
February 13, 2025 by frbillnicholas PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION & RELIGIOUS FREEDOM The Inauguration of President Trump was saturated with religious references, including the plurality of ministers offering invocations. Fr. Bill talks about the importance of affirming and protecting the Freedom of Religion in the United States and the task of the Catholic Church in evangelizing in such a Religiously Free Nation.
January 10, 2025 by frbillnicholas KNEELING FOR COMMUNION – Where is Church Authority to be Found Fr. Bill addresses the recent instruction of Chicago Archbishop, Cardinal Blaise Cupich that all Catholics in his Archdiocese stand when receiving Communion.
December 20, 2024 by frbillnicholas THE “PAGAN” FEAST OF CHRISTMAS? Fr. Bill addresses the assertion of some groups that Christmas was originally a pagan feast.
December 13, 2024 by frbillnicholas CHRISTIAN FEMINISM Fr. Bill discusses how early Catholic Saint like St. Lucy invented Women’s Lib and Feminism, how their brand is contrary to the Feminism of Today, and how we can return to the Christian roots that is at the heart of the Liberation of Women
November 15, 2024 by frbillnicholas ELECTION 2024 – Now that it is over Thoughts on the Aftermath of US Election 2024 Fr. Bill offers his thoughts on the US Election of 2024 and its aftermath; what does the various reactions to the re-election of Donald Trump say less about the nation and more about the people doing the reacting?
October 25, 2024 by frbillnicholas FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS FREDOM OF THOUGHT Fr. Bill returns to the issue of Freedom of Religion, accentuating its importance to all other basic freedoms.
October 18, 2024 by frbillnicholas FAITH & SCIENCE – Is There Really a Conflict For the Feast Day of St. Luke, who was a physician, Fr. Bill dives into the complimentary relationship between Faith and Science, debunking the modern myth that they are opposed to one another. Fr. Bill describes why and how Faith leads to Science and why proper Science, inevitably leads back to faith.
October 11, 2024 by frbillnicholas POPE ST. JOHN XXIII – The Great? Catholics throughout the world were excited with the canonization of John Paul II as a Saint, many calling for his designation as “The Great”. Fr. Bill discusses the “overlooked Pope” canonized the same day. What was the legacy of Pope St. John XXIII, and, perhaps, should he also be considered among “The Great” among Popes?