DEAR FRIAR RICK: A friend of mine loves animals so much that she has become an extremist – at least from my point of view. For instance, she insists on taking her dog with her wherever she...
POPE FRANCIS has proved to be a pope of surprises. One could never accuse the Holy Father of changing the Faith, but nobody could deny that he has a real gift for presenting Catholicism in a new and...
THE YEAR is 2015. Jerry Smith wants to travel from Sweden to Italy, so he plugs in his global positioning system (GPS), sets his destination, and starts driving. The voiceover begins by saying,...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: I have had a wonderful love affair with a girl which lasted for over 4 years. She then graduated from college before I did, and she found a good job almost immediately. After a...
SCRIPTURE stresses the importance of the role of parents in shaping a child’s spiritual life at the earliest stages. Proverbs 22:6 teaches: “Train a child in the way he should go, and...
IMAGINE life without bread! Historians speculate that humans have used bread for over 30,000 years, ever since they pulverized grains to make flour. Early breads were flatbreads probably made by...