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July 2016

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 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...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Jesus Didn’t Call God Daddy

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

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 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...

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 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 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...

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 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 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 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 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...

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 13, 2016

Does Pope Francis’s Joint Declaration with Patriarch Kirill Throw Eastern Catholics Under the Bus?

The mainstream religious media coverage of the Joint Declaration signed by Pope Francis and Patriarch...

February 12, 2016

Catholic Vote’s Socialism Freakout Highlights the Necessity of Clearly Defined Terms

On behalf of the Catholic Church, I would like to apologize. I apologize for our...

February 09, 2016

Catholic Historian Takes Back “Secular” Enlightenment

The 18th century worldwide intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment spawned what's called a Republic...

February 08, 2016

Larycia Hawkins & Wheaton Parts Ways; A Catholic University Should Hire Her

There are plenty of good reasons for Catholic universities to hire Professor Larycia Hawkins who...

February 04, 2016

Culprit Behind Breasts Ballooning is Breaking Creation’s Back

I can't even begin to explain the algorithms that got me to the DailyMail story on...

February 02, 2016

Happy Feast of Our Lady of Thunder Candles!

February 2nd is the feast of Our Lady of Thunder Candles (Matki Gromnicznej). That's correct....

January 2016

January 26, 2016

What’s History’s Most Unjust “Just War” Justification?

The concept of "Just War" originates in the writings of St. Augustine. He was perhaps...

January 25, 2016

St. Kateri Relic Rescue: The Most Catholic GoFundMe Campaign Ever

Catholic "materialism" causes strange conundrums and very interesting GoFundMe campaigns. For example, the Catholic cult...