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July 2016

July 13, 2016

Why Do “All Lives Matter” Armchair Commentators Disgust Me More after the Murder of Philando Castile?

Perhaps because I know where Falcon Heights is. Perhaps because he was my age, graduating...

July 07, 2016

Only Useful Idiots Would Say Cardinal Zen is Calling for Schism in China

On June 30, 2016, the Italian news outlet La Stampa put out an article written...

July 04, 2016

Does America Have a Philosophical Soul?

My brother introduced me to the Old Crow Medicine Show perhaps a dozen years ago,...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

Benedict’s Unequivocal Endorsement Silences Francis’s Critics

These are only hints and guesses, Hints followed by guesses; and the rest Is prayer,...

June 26, 2016

Atheist Belief is an Homage to God

To the reader of self-hell(p) books, This little book about heaven-help. --Fabrice Hadjadj, The Resurrection Fabrice...

June 24, 2016

Before Brexit: The Catholic Imagery and Origins of the EU

The next couple of weeks you'll watch the British Pound turn into the British Ounce...

June 24, 2016

Churchill’s Dream of a United States of Europe Dies with Brexit

The structure of the United States of Europe, if well and truly built, will be...

June 23, 2016

Ever Wonder What a Sex-Change Operation Looks Like?

I have labored carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions, but to understand...

June 22, 2016

Love Hurts: Orlando Shooting Was Mateen’s Revenge on Lovers, Not Terrorism

We may have revolved every possible idea in our minds, and yet the truth has...

June 20, 2016

Fr. Z Wants to Make America Afghanistan

Mass will be followed by coffee, donuts, and AR-15 training this week. The oddest reaction...

June 19, 2016

Don’t Click on Father’s Day Clickbait – Click Here Instead

There are always people who will have silly objections to things bloggers write, but "This...

June 18, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Charges Against Baby Parts Video Activist Dismissed; Lawyer Discusses the Implications

Dramatis Personae: David Daleiden is a 27 year old investigative journalist who caused a national...

June 17, 2016

The Orthodox Believer’s Tale of Jesus’s Wife

Was Jesus married? Shocking news pieces attempting to debunk the orthodox version of the life...

June 16, 2016

Sources Close to Orlando Shooter Confirm Omar Mateen Was Gay

The Palm Beach Post seems to be the only news source reporting on some very...

June 15, 2016

A Prayer for Omar Mateen

What follows is a guest post. Omar Mateen, the fiftieth casualty in Sunday’s Orlando massacre,...

June 14, 2016

Rene Girard: No, Christianity is Not a Religion of Peace!

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to...

June 13, 2016

Terrorism Has an Altruistic Logic

It may be little comfort to have the realization terrorism has its rather quotidian logic....

June 12, 2016

Pope Francis Unequivocally Condemns Florida Man’s Gay Bar Shooting Rampage

These are strange times we live in, but they are not incomprehensible. It didn't take...

June 10, 2016

Why Speak of Theocracy in Poland When Confessional States Make up the Secular West?

Poland is not becoming a theocracy over abortion, because it was never a secular democracy...

June 09, 2016

Palestinians Are the Living Key to “Tear Flasks” & the Bible’s Strange World

My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your flask, recorded in...

June 07, 2016

Did God Rape the Prophet Jeremiah?

Jeremiah seemed to think so and that's more interesting than a thousand vapid "current events"...

June 06, 2016

Ever Wonder Why Saint Paul Went to Arabia?

Arabia is a geographical entity familiar and vexing to the contemporary Westerners, but what could...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

Obama Used Original Sin to Explain Hiroshima

If one bothers to scratch even a little below the surface then it becomes clear...

May 26, 2016

Jesus Didn’t Call God Daddy

One of the perennial temptations for Christians is to forget their Jewish roots. Anthony...

May 25, 2016

3 Easy Steps for Beating Amazon.com’s Fluctuating Prices

Many of you have no doubt experienced one of the two following scenarios when purchasing...

May 24, 2016

Freedom of Religion Isn’t Free

You might think this post will be about how great a price Catholics will have...

May 22, 2016

TOP10 Books to Build Upon Trinity Sunday

We must be willing to admit that, should the doctrine of the Trinity have...

May 21, 2016

The Democratic Clown Bus Parks Alongside the GOP Clown Bus . . .

It was so much fun for the Democrats to ridicule the GOP "clown car" that...

May 20, 2016

This is How Corrupt Our Political System Is

There were numerous objections to my proposal for Catholics to vote for Donald Trump. Good...

May 18, 2016

Big Win for Little Sisters is a Huge Loss for Catholicism

Is religious freedom really free? The big Supreme Court religious freedom win for the Little Sisters of the...

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