Category Archives: Being Catholic

Trying to live as if loving God, and my neighbors, matters

Cancer in the Family

Posted on January 27, 2024 by Brian H. Gill

First, the good news. Our number-two daughter’s cancer is slow-growing. The not-so-good news is that it’s aggressive. And, of course, that she’s got cancer. I learned about the cancer in early January.1 The family knows a little more now, and … Continue reading →

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T. Rex, or Not T. Rex, That is the Question

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Brian H. Gill

Headlines about Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists, and “what we thought we knew” being wrong started showing up in my news feed last week. It’s been a while since I talked about dinosaurs, and I found Nicholas R. Longrich and Evan T. … Continue reading →

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Swiss Guard: Their Finest Hour, So Far

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

Whether they’re called the Swiss Guard, Papal Swiss Guard, or Pontificia Cohors Helvetica, those 135 men wear what may be today’s most colorful full dress uniforms. Although they look like something straight out of the Renaissance, the uniform’s not much … Continue reading →

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Pope’s Christmas Message: “Urbi et Orbi”, December 25, 2023

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

…I could get upset: either because Pope Francis mentioned unresolved problems here in the Americas; or because I can’t, personally, end poverty, hunger and human cussedness…. Continue reading →

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“Christmas Sermon for Pagans”: Viewpoints, Nature; and Hope

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

One, maybe two, articles by C. S. Lewis reappeared about a half-dozen years back. Not that they’d been invisible. Collectors had the articles in their copies of The Strand Magazine, but “A Christmas Sermon for Pagans” and “Cricketer’s Progress” hadn’t … Continue reading →

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