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July 2021

July 13, 2021

The bishop vs the president

My bishop is at it again. Thomas John Paprocki, bishop of the Diocese of Springfield...

October 2020

October 13, 2020

Begging—and answering—the question

A few days ago I published a piece in which I explained how a Catholic...

August 2020

August 13, 2020

Begging—and answering—the question

A few days ago I published a piece in which I explained how a Catholic...

August 09, 2020

Listen to the Church, not LifeSite, when casting your vote

LifeSite News, the allegedly Catholic pro-life webpage, wants you to vote Republican this fall; to...

February 2020

February 23, 2020

Fr. Frank Pavone’s Satanic Beatitudes

It is common for Christian conservatives to tout the Ten Commandments as their ideal roadmap...

February 12, 2020

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki

Meet Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, ordinary of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. He is...

December 2019

December 07, 2019

Reflections on the readings for the Second Sunday of Advent

Advent is a season of expectation, of waiting, in hope. The most well-known Advent hymn...

August 2019

August 28, 2019

The deplorable state of Catholic journalism

What follows is neither an endorsement nor a condemnation of Planned Parenthood. That’s not the...

August 16, 2019

Gleams of light

Thursday night, Stephen Colbert sat down with CNN's Anderson Cooper for an hour-long discussion (it...

July 2019

July 13, 2019

Archbishop Chaput, I see you

I’ll give Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput one thing: he knows how to cover his tracks....

April 2019

April 15, 2019

“Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

Jesus' words, from Matthew 24:35, were what first passed through my mind when I saw...

March 2019

March 25, 2019

The link between Nazareth and Mount Doom

Today, we celebrate two events, one fictional and one real. The fictional event is the...

March 05, 2019

This Lent, winter is coming

Lent is a dreary time. From Ash Wednesday to the Triduum, we count the days...

March 05, 2019

AOC, climate change, abortion, and me

I woke up Sunday morning to the below comment on Facebook, in response to the...

March 01, 2019

Beware of unqualified people – UPDATED

Updated to add additional information I did not know existed when I published this -...

January 2019

January 20, 2019

MAGA at the March for Life — UPDATE

NB: I have updated this post because of new information available today. --SPD Want media...

January 10, 2019

Fr. C. John McCloskey, Opus Dei, and me

In late January, 2009, I made a retreat at Opus Dei’s Shellbourne Conference Center, outside...

December 2018

December 07, 2018

‘Mine instrument’

Holiday season in Illinois means holiday displays at the Illinois State Capitol building, under the...

September 2018

September 18, 2018

A Pope Like No Other

“When Christ at a symbolic moment was establishing His great society, He chose for its...

September 10, 2018

A Nasty Bit of Backstabbing

Pope Francis and President Donald Trump do not have much in common, but one characteristic...