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September 2018

September 30, 2018

Do You Feel Safe in Church?

The last time I attended a Catholic church was a couple of weeks ago. I...

September 24, 2018

Just Believe Women?

About a week ago, I became aware that someone named Kavanaugh had been accused of...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

Is There A Gay Problem in the Priesthood?

I want to take a look at the relationship between homosexuality and the pedophilia scandals....

July 2018

July 31, 2018

Humanae Vitae and the Scandal of Abuse

Well, it seems that at least one Catholic Archbishop has taken a break from the...

July 30, 2018

Is It A Sin to be Scandalized by Abuse?

Yet again, the Church is being rocked by a clerical abuse scandal. And yet again,...

June 2018

June 01, 2018

The Democratization of the Faith

Since Vatican II, there has been a great fear among orthodox Catholics that a focus...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Two Things We Mistakenly Believe Are Ours

At the heart of the Church’s social teaching there are two essential insights into the...

September 2017

September 06, 2017

The Alpha-Male Heresy

What is it about current right-wing Catholic culture that makes it acceptable for a man...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

Is Diversity Training to Blame for the Rise of the Alt-Right?

Back when I was in school, one of the routine features of our social sciences...

May 2017

May 23, 2017

It Is Happening Again…

Cliffhangers are the worst. You wait, and you wait, and you wait all week, wondering...

April 2017

April 11, 2017

For Chechnya: a prayer

As a queer Christian blogger, I suppose I should have something to say about the...

March 2017

March 30, 2017

Is Progress a Religion?

“The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives...

March 21, 2017

Panic! There’s a Man in the Ladies’ Room

Recently, there's been a story circulating about a man – a guy who is obviously...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

Loving Milo Yiannopoulos

This week we witnessed the very sudden decline and fall of Milo Yiannopoulos as an...

February 09, 2017

The Blood-Dimmed Tide is Loosed

Several years ago, I wrote a piece for First Things where I opined that a...

February 01, 2017

Open Wombs, Closed Borders?

There are basically three reasons I know of why a person is likely to be...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

When a Yes or No Question is Not a Yes or No Question

I've mostly said what I have to say about the dubia, but there is one...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

Transgender Awareness Week

It's transgender awareness week. A lot of my trans friends are afraid right now: it's...

November 16, 2016

Mad Makes Right

In a recent piece, I discussed how liberal expressions of rage and fear can...

November 12, 2016

Don’t Grieve Like That

Over the past week I've seen a lot of discussion about grief – most of...

November 11, 2016

Closing Time: For Leonard Cohen

I've never been one of those people who gets worked up about the deaths of...

November 11, 2016

Should We Fear Trump?

Obviously the answer is 'yes'. Most of the people that I know and love in...

November 10, 2016

The Dumb, White Scapegoat

A lot of my American friends are grieving the election of Donald Trump. I don't...

November 08, 2016

All Ye Need to Know About the Election

As you may have noticed, I haven't blogged much in the past month. To a...

October 2016

October 08, 2016

A President to Nourish Body and Soul

Following the recent revelations about Trump, the Republican Party is scrambling for a new presidential...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

Donald Trump: Make Pro-Life Irrelevant Again

It's many years ago now that I faced my first election as a Catholic. I...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

The One Weird Gay Orgy That Will Make You Straight

Yesterday, I got an e-mail containing a transcript of the testimony given by one of...

August 04, 2016

What Trump Has Done For My Faith

Okay, guys. I'm going to be vulnerable for a moment. Trump's ascent in American politics...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

God Will Not Be Trumped

I've been mostly avoiding commenting on the presidential circus in the US: it's not my...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

The Shocking Truth About Homosexuality That You’ve Only Heard 1,000 Times Before

So Crisis Magazine published two articles yesterday about the Pope's apology. Who's surprised? Well, to...

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