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October 2016

October 13, 2016

The Biblical Weight of Suffering in Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Winning Songwriting

Bob Dylan is one of my earliest theological influences, therefore it gladdens me to see...

October 12, 2016

Executive Director of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good Responds to “Catholic Spring” Wikileaks Allegations

When I woke up this morning, I never thought I would get caught up in...

October 08, 2016

Will Priests For Life Pull Its $445,000 Out of the Trumpster Fire?

$445,000.00 is nearly half a million dollars. Is Priests for Life budgeting almost half a...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Reflections of a Priest from India on the Consequences of White Privilege in America

As I've remarked on occasion, I have social media "friends" of all kinds of political...

September 22, 2016

Damon Linker Answers the Liberal Critics of Trump & the New Nationalism

Damon Linker, who is best-known for defecting from First Things towards the center-left (you can...

September 14, 2016

Benedict XVI Admits to Being an Early Critic of Humanae Vitae in Book-Length Interview

A religion is only plausible if it tells you what to do with your genitals....

September 03, 2016

Thinker Behind the “Benedict Option” Appears to be Taking a Neo-Marxist Turn

Rod Dreher has been very generous to this blog throughout the years. Cosmos has been...

September 02, 2016

Humility Turns Away the Liturgy Police

Last week, I wrote a reflection on the role of discipline in the Christian life....

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Don’t Look to Secularism if You Want to Bathe in a Kinder, Gentler World

The problem of violence is an inherently human problem. It is unavoidable, because violence is...

August 23, 2016

Pokémon is Anti-Christian, but It’s Not Anti-Catholic

The Pokémon phenomenon is inescapable. I might the only person who hasn't played the game...

August 21, 2016

Let Despair be Known as my Ebb-tide

Let despair be known as my ebb-tide; but let prayer have its springs, too, brimming,...

August 19, 2016

Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing of Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils

I have reached a point of exhaustion with politics, just as any respectably abnormal person should. The...

August 18, 2016

TOP10 Books for Explaining Original Sin to Interested Nonbelievers

I am merely trying to say that there is a cultural danger inherent in any...

August 17, 2016

Slavoj Žižek: There’s a Special Place in Hell for Clinton Consensus Supporters

I write about politics again not because I have any hopes (nor fears) about what...

August 16, 2016

AP Poll of ISIS Members Proves Pope Right on Islam

The West's knowledge of Islam makes Christians say dumb things about ISIS; I would venture...

August 14, 2016

Last Eyewitness Explains What the Sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe Means

Let us remember that love lives through sacrifice and is nourished by giving. Without sacrifice...

August 14, 2016

Jeremiah Ought to be Put to Death

In those days, the princes said to the king: “Jeremiah ought to be put to...

August 07, 2016

Cosmos: Weakened Edition 13

The Weakened Edition is an opportunity for me to see and appreciate what appeals to...

August 06, 2016

Truman Lied, Hiroshima Fried: An Atomic Transfiguration

If our gospel does not penetrate the veil, then the veil is on those who...

August 01, 2016

Pope Francis Wasn’t Silent About Auschwitz; He Deconstructed It Instead

There's plenty of talk about Francis's silence during his visit to Auschwitz last week. This...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Why Are Muslims Filling Up France’s Traditionally Empty Churches Today?

As someone who lived in Nantes, France for nearly a year I can say that...

July 29, 2016

TOP 10 Books on the Ecstatic Pessimism of the Polish Soul

As a former university instructor I cannot help wondering what books I would've assigned to...

July 28, 2016

Demons of Liberal Democracy Haunt Poland After the Hell of Communism

. . . Sometimes in museums the paintings speak to me and irony suddenly vanishes....

July 26, 2016

How Does Stanley Hauerwas Perform the Faith?

This is a personal reflection on the work of Stanley Hauerwas in celebration of his 76th...

July 25, 2016

7 Places You Have to Visit During World Youth Day to Get a Real Feel for the Soul of Krakow

If I forget you, O Krakow, let my right hand wither. These are my "I'm...

July 21, 2016

Ted Cruz: A Temporary Hero and the Momentary Dread Overlord of Our Hearts of Darkness

"They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when...

July 20, 2016

The Structural Sin of Racism Rends the Body of Christ

Anyone with the slightest sensitivity…cannot fail to recognize the nature of National Socialism: naturalistic, antagonistic...

July 19, 2016

Analyzing Steve Skojec’s Poop Slinging at the Pope: A Running Commentary

I exhort you — be zealous to do all things in harmony with God, with the...

July 18, 2016

Take Leave of the American Catholic Blogosphere’s Bad Conscience

Theology is born when the arbitrary judgment of reason encounters a limit, in that we...

July 14, 2016

The Powerful Catholic Case for a Preferential Option for Black Lives Matter

I stayed out of the fray of commenting on Black Lives Matter until yesterday, because...

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