By Matthew Archbold | We have largely outsourced death to hospices and nursing homes. We have come to expect that all suffering be banished with high doses of medication. And like any cultural ch...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/when-we-suffer-we-walk-the-royal-road-of-the-cross
By Matthew Archbold | Catholics should be celebrating. I know the world seems a little crazy right now and Catholics, at least the online ones, seem to be at each other’s throats for various re...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/supreme-court-says-catholic-schools-can-be-catholic
By Matthew Archbold | I’m pretty sure boasting is not an activity many saints take part in but if they did, no other saint could strut around the pearly gates asking everyone if plays and stori...
By Matthew Archbold | On June 20, 2009, Lt. Col. Father Timothy Vakoc passed away. Five years before on Mary 29, 2004, Father Vakoc was terribly injured when he was ordered to return to Mosul as ...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/remember-this-hero-priest-on-memorial-day
By Matthew Archbold | Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a little confused as to what people mean by “science” these days. You lost me when we were supposed to pretend “potential human” was a s...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/dont-call-male-litigants-male-judge-orders
By Matthew Archbold | Don Shula achieved perfection. His legacy as one of the greatest NFL coaches in the history of the game is set. He twice led the Miami Dolphins to Super Bowl wins and in one...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/in-memory-of-don-shula-1930-2020
By Matthew Archbold | Please allow me to bring you back to 1990. President George H. W. Bush nominated David Souter for a Supreme Court seat. But nobody knew where Souter was on many major issues...
By Matthew Archbold | Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe’s Twitter feed is a relentless parade of unintentional comedy but recently he stepped up his game and performed one of the most cringe...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/is-the-pro-life-movement-racist
By Matthew Archbold | I suppose once your culture allows executing infants in the womb and euthanizing the elderly, it’s no surprise that the taboo on cannibalism might be next. Newsweek recent...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/newsweek-say-whats-wrong-with-cannibalism-anyway
By Matthew Archbold | Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of the murderous dictator Joseph Stalin, renounced materialism and converted to Catholicism. Joseph would not have approved. In fact, Svetlan...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/the-stalin-who-converted-to-catholicism
By Matthew Archbold | University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma called Shelly Pennefather the “Larry Bird of women’s basketball.” She was at one time the highest-paid...
By Matthew Archbold | Archbishop Paul Casimir Marcinkus led an...interesting life. The fact that he likely saved the lives to two popes and is not heralded as a one of the greatest Vatican heroes...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/the-man-who-saved-two-popes
By Matthew Archbold | We are marking the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. I suppose anything that has occurred could be considered part of history and therefore “histori...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/who-are-we-celebrating-with-apollo-11
By Matthew Archbold | Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark? —G.K. Chesterton The ever-swirling winds of doctrinal fad...
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/the-witches-are-back
By Matthew Archbold | Okay, guys. I’m in my garage building my float for the straight pride parade. I know, I know. When you think straight pride the image of a float isn't the first thing that...