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Millions of Americans let the internet “babysit” their children and grandchildren for large portions of the day.  Even at 10, 11, and 12 o’clock at night, long after cartoons and family shows have ended, an estimated 12 million children under age 10 are still watching and playing on the internet.  These hours have an enormous influence on children.  Studies have shown that the internet exercises the greatest formative influence on viewers who have not yet formed strong personal values.  As adults with Catholic principles we have some protection from media           influence, but the minds of the young are wide open.  […]

                 Over many years I have heard and read many definitions of faith.  One of my favorites goes like this: “Faith means betting your life on God.”                 To some people faith is a serious flaw in the fabric of religion.  The Philosopher Bertrand Russell once wrote:  “We may define faith as a firm belief in something for which there is no evidence.  When there is evidence, no one speaks of faith.  We do not speak of faith that two and two are four or that the earth is round.  We only speak […]