This March 8th, the world celebrates International Women´s Day. We celebrate the struggle of countless women whose efforts have secured for women of today the right to higher education, the right to vote, rights on the participation of the political life of the...
We live in a world of instant gratification— we are so connected through technology, we are disconnected from reality. Prince Ea says, “I'm so tired of performing in the pageantry of vanity, and conforming to this accepted form of digital insanity”. But how do we...
This video serves as a humorous reminder of how to keep our priorities focused on the family. Canadian advertising company UNION made the video, entitled “Employee Appreciation Day,” for Strategy Online's Agency of the Year awards. The depiction of employees running...
In the world of USA shopping, there is a day called “Black Friday”. It is the day after Thanksgiving in which many sellers lower prices and offer special deals as a way of introducing the Christmas shopping season with a little “holiday cheer”. This video is an...
The word TOLERANCE is one of those problematic notions in our postmodern world of political correctness. It gets thrown about loosely, this word TOLERANCE, evoking a certain emotional response. It sounds like an automatic GOOD – what is there to argue about? Who...
hat do having a baby, getting run over by a train and catching your fingers in a mouse trap have in common? What if I throw footballing guinea pigs into the mix? Obviously there are videos of all these available on the internet. (Warning: if you...
any of the images below reflect ideologies driving the headlines that have been seen swirling around in various media outlets following a seemingly heavily controversial synod of bishops on the family. There seem to be back-and-forth arguments...
A quick internet search will show that Pope Francis has spoken about human trafficking frequently and regularly since he was elected, but what is human trafficking and what is the big deal? This selection of videos gives some more insight into the issue. The United...
As the release of Apple's iPhone 6 is just around the corner, we figured that this video is just what the doctor ordered. It was produced by Big Lazy Robot VFX, a company that, in reality, loves robots and technology but decided to produce this video in order...
Over 2,400 years ago, a young man, immersed in the upheavals of the last years of the Peloponnesian War that was destroying the old order of things, made a dazzlingly eloquent speech with one basic idea: people should give their favor to non-lovers rather than lovers,...
I love this music video by the musician Colby Caillat. She communicates a poignant message, made all the more powerful by the stark unmasking of the women of various ages and shapes as they remove their make-up and their aesthetic “enhancements.” So many of us notice...
If you’ve ever hiked an alpine ridge to gaze out over a clear vista, or basked in the sun and breathed in clean air on a blue-sky day, or sat on the beach contemplating the crashing waves and the vastness of the sea, then you know what it’s like to marvel at the...
Catholic-link.com - Slick cinematic craftsmanship, rapid fire inside-jokes and witty storytelling capture our eyes and imaginations in Follow The Frog. A self-congratulating, sarcastically humorous tone addresses the savvy consumer as a co-conspirator. The ad is so...
Have you noticed that people spend a lot of time talking and thinking about sex? As a result, so does the Church! This video takes a pretty scientific look at the economics of sex, in which sex is considered in the same light as the distribution of goods and...
We all know that just about every image of a person we see on TV or in the movies these days has been digitally retouched to some degree. These changes are often kept secret, however, because the directors don’t want the public to know just how different the person we...
Today's video is a production by Unearthed Pictures. The idea is to raise awareness of the true problem behind the outbreak of sexual exploitation: namely, the human heart. The video is valuable in the sense that it reveals a very real and very tragic situation that...
For dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return ~ Genesis 3:19 ~ Might as well detach from it all... right? Safer not to love at all? Better that I avoid the pain that seems to come hand-in-hand with love. “Everything dissolves in meaninglessness when you think...
Today's video was inspired by the Todd Alcott poem, Television. Going on around us is an absolutely colossal struggle for your attention. The contents offered, in the end, matter little. The main goal is the eyes (or clicks in the case of the internet). Some think...
Pope Francis recently said, "It is true that during the time of Nero many Christians were persecuted, and today there are just as many." This brief trailer helps us to get a glimpse at this reality. "Love Costs Everything" maps the history of Christian persecution...
The video speaks for itself. The attack took place on Sunday, November 24th, during the National Women’s Encounter, which annually brings together Argentinean feminists who support “women’s rights.” During the attack some men were visibly weeping. None of them...
In the interest of full disclosure, before I begin, I need to make a confession to Catholic-Link readers: I am in rehab. No, hang on, not THAT kind of rehab... This is no tale of medicinal or hallucinatory substance abuse. No addiction, no doctors, no therapists, no...
Studying some investigations made by the European Parliament dealing with Islam in Europe ("L'Islam nell'Unione Europea: che cosa ci riserva il futuro?"), we found a section that speaks of certain Muslim cultural practices that present significant challenges to the...
An impressive ad for their new game released, Chipotle’s Scarecrow depicts the story of a Scarecrow whose mission is to “rescue the City of Plenty from Crow Foods, the powerful industrial food corporation that has taken over the city. Tilt and tap your way through...
Do you remember the Gospel in which Jesus says, "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword"? Many times it is difficult for us to hear and to understand this. And I imagine that I am not the only one...
This talk was given by Cameron Russell for TEDx. TED is a not for profit organization which, in its own words, makes ‘riveting talks by remarkable people’ available for free online. Cameron Russell, now 26, is a successful American model who started modeling when she...