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May 2016

May 16, 2016

Uber Atheist Nietzsche Liked his Christianity STRONG!

Nietzsche would've seen Karl Barth as his match. The German philosopher is a usefully confusing atheist thinker. He...

May 15, 2016

Pentecost Special: The Secret Old Testament Teaching on the Femininity of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit made unexpected feminine appearances in ancient Hebrew traditions. “I have told you...

May 11, 2016

Philosopher Martin Heidegger is so Catholic he’s Publishing from Purgatory

The philosopher Martin Heidegger is arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th century. He...

May 09, 2016

The Catholic Imagination: A Sophiology Between Scatology and Eschatology

. . . A pure thing, against the sad affairs of earth. Pure, forbidden the...

May 08, 2016

Piety is No Magic Substitute for Technique

Those outside of religious traditions sometimes articulate the belief that believers adhere to belief as...

May 07, 2016

Trump Sounds Like Derrida When Talking to Woodward about Lincoln & Nixon

That philosophy died yesterday, since Hegel or Marx, Nietzsche, or Heidegger, and that philosophy should...

May 06, 2016

The Secular Addiction to the Endtimes (& Scapegoating)

In our case, it is surely obvious that the sudden intensification of our capacity to...

May 05, 2016

Cinco de Mayo Especial: The Legacy of Rene Girard

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican Army's surprising defeat of French troops at the Battle of Puebla on May 5,...

May 04, 2016

Catholics4Trump: Donald Trump’s Presumptive Nomination is Good News for Catholics

The electorate these days is thinking apocalyptically. This presidential election cycle is too much even for the strongest...

May 02, 2016

This 1 Thing Has Never Before Happened in the Sistine Chapel

No, it's not nudity, as you can still tell from the cover photo even if...

May 02, 2016

Every Human Life Begins with a (Little) Bang!

We now know the universe began with a bang, even if it might end in...

May 01, 2016

Happy May Day (Resurrection Sunday) to the Russian Orthodox!

Товарищ, Христос воскрес! Воистину воскрес! Happy May Day, Resurrection camp starts today. The wonderful thing about...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Watershed Vatican Conference Makes War on Just War

There is a solid rule about what you can expect about reporting on Catholicism: If it's making the...

April 26, 2016

This Attack Ad Against Donald Trump is the Most Hilarious Political Ad of this Presidential Primary Season

Comedy, even when it is unintentional, is frequently revelatory. Attack ads are a fun genre for...

April 23, 2016

World Book Day: TOP10 Meta Book List

World Book Day gives me an opportunity to do yet another book list. It's something...

April 22, 2016

Michael Voris’s Stunning & Admirable Broken-Hearted Confession

Catholic commentary on spirituality too frequently vacillates between impervious toughness and bubble-gum sentimentality. The pat...

April 21, 2016

Sex and Soulcraft: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince

Prince gave us the ultimate expression of spiritual eros in music. The genealogy of soul...

April 16, 2016

Pope Francis Rescues Muslim Refugees from Lesbian Camp

No, this piece is not about the latest front in the Culture Wars. Or, maybe...

April 15, 2016

BREAKING: Prepared Statement by Bernie Sanders for Vatican Conference is an Accurate Reading of CST

Catholic Social Teaching has a clear appeal to many, but is in conflict with what...

April 14, 2016

Happy 1050th Birthday Poland!

I ran across the oldest recorded text in Poland's history today. The hymn in question...

April 13, 2016

Postmodernist Lacan Proclaims the Triumph of the One, True, Catholic Religion

It is the right time to unveil this bombshell on the day when one of...

April 13, 2016

TOP10 Book Challenge: Books About the Meaning of Life for Undergrads

I'm a little sheepish about publishing book lists, even though my readers frequently tell me...

April 12, 2016

On Atheism: Imagine someone knocks on your door & says to you, ‘‘I have experienced God.’’

Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to...

April 11, 2016

Pope Francis Quashes “Who am I to judge?” Speculation in Amoris Laetitia

The truncated statement, "Who am I to judge?," caused a lot of consternation among certain...

April 06, 2016

Siskel & Ebert Give Protestants Two Thumbs Down, Way Down

"If you want to understand the Jewish conception of sacrifice, go to a Roman Catholic...

April 05, 2016

Uncanned Abortion Activism: New Wave Feminists Interviewed

Comprised of Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa and Kristen Walker Hatten, New Wave Feminists takes...

April 04, 2016

7 Year-Old Theology: Hating Jesus is Easy, Divine Mercy Hard

Too much thinking about the family's key role in the New Evangelization makes family life...

March 2016

March 01, 2016

Mount St. Mary’s President Pulls Glock on University, Gets Fired

This story now has a happy ending. It seems it took about a month for...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

Pope Francis Questions Whether Trump is a Viable Candidate for Catholic Voters

The Catholic blogosphere has seen its own share of debate about whether Catholics can in...

February 17, 2016

Who Needs ISIS When Western Intellectuals Advocate Killing Newborns?

The threat of ISIS to Western Civilization is overblown. The Syrian conflict and its consequences...

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