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January 2016

January 16, 2016

Kathleen Parker Displays Religious Ignorance Of Biblical Proportions On CNN

I rarely blog on politics, but this appeared on my Twitter feed, and I couldn't...

January 09, 2016

Elle Magazine Freaks Out Over Unborn Child On Newsweek Cover

Not only a full-scale, weapons-grade freak out, but a case of a broken irony detector...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

The Blind Muslim Trust Experiment

In light of Donald Trump's recent and repeated asinine proclamation he would ban all Muslims from...

December 03, 2015

#PrayerShaming Is Nothing New

Haters gotta hate - it's been around a long, long time. And about the ninth...

November 2015

November 09, 2015

Susquehanna U. Drops “Crusader” Mascot Because Sensitivity

Saw the story on Aleteia, by former Patheos blogger Deacon Greg Kandra. So ridiculous. Original...

November 02, 2015

The 6-Letter Word That Cuts Down Men Every Day

Last week, Huffington Post ran a piece called "The 3-Letter Word That Cuts Down Women Every...

October 2015

October 23, 2015

Communion For The Divorced & Remarried: The Parable People Are Forgetting

A parable has been forgotten amidst the talk and chatter concerning whether the Church should allow divorced...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

OMG!!! Justin Bieber Is, Like, Totes A Theologian!!!

Seems like pop mega and mega heart throb Justin Bieber has found Jesus. In...

September 19, 2015

Doctor Who Season 9 Premiere – An AoftheA Monster Primer

For many years, Doctor Who was my favorite show - my must see TV. The...

September 07, 2015

“Christ Came to Justify, And Not To Render Justice…”

Servant of God Madeleine Delbrel continues to rock my spiritual world. I've written previously about...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

World Meeting Of Families Scandal Explodes!!!!11!!1!!1!1

(AoftheANews) PHILADELPHIA - The World Meeting of Families,occurring at the end of September in Philadelphia,...

August 11, 2015

Unfinished Early Tolkien Work To Be Published This August

This is neat. From The Telegraph: An early work by JRR Tolkien that would spark...

July 2015

July 26, 2015

St Paul Street Evangelization – Sharing The Gospel, On The Streets

This is how the New Evangelization gets done: one on one, interpersonal contact with live...

July 22, 2015

“God Isn’t Boring” Is A Solipsism, Not A Reason For Faith

I drive by this billboard - I guess it could be called a billbored - every...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

10 Things That Won’t Be In Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Laudato Si’

Guaranteed. First off, I haven't read any translation of the leaked draft of the upcoming encyclical....

June 09, 2015

Miss Piggy Is A Feminist? I Beg To Differ

According to LifeNews.com: Miss Piggy is “pro-choice.” On June 3, Miss Piggy received the Elizabeth...