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November 2015

November 04, 2015

Lux Aeterna: RIP René Girard (December 25, 1923 – Nov 4, 2015)

René Girard, Stanford University professor, an Immortel of the Académie Française, one of the most influential thinkers of...

November 03, 2015

The Intangible and Terrifying Spiritual Energy in Rocamadour

I'm getting close to finishing Michel Houellebecq's novel Submission. The critics immediately billed the book as...

November 02, 2015

We Have Never Been Postliberal Catholics?

The whole faltering #IStandWithDouthat hashtag campaign has me thinking of the Catholic philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre,...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Halloween Special: Catholics for Extreme Metal?

Sean Taylor is a husband and father of one as well as a Ph.D. student...

October 27, 2015

What if the Worldwide Jesuit Conspiracy is REAL?

There are plenty of unbalanced Catholic commentators on the Jesuit papacy. Their conspiracy theories, not...

October 26, 2015

2DVD SET GIVEAWAY: The Mystery of God by Word on Fire

Bishop Robert Barron has a new DVD series out, The Mystery of God: Who God...

October 23, 2015

Why Did Hans Urs von Balthasar Remain Catholic?

If you think that Catholicism is in some special mess today, then you really have...

October 21, 2015

Against the Defense of Christendom

A Wall Street Journal piece by Bret Stephens, In Defense of Christendom, is unfortunately making...

October 20, 2015

Michel Houellebecq’s Submission to Catholicism

Michel Houellebecq is France's literary bête noire. His much-anticipated novel Submission finally makes its appearance today...

October 19, 2015

BREAKING–Pope Francis to Announce he Converted to Anglicanism

You really do wonder sometimes: I wonder how the non-clerical Christian world would have reacted...

October 16, 2015

Family Synod Conflict Is Not What You Think It Is . . .

In my worst moments I am temped to promulgate a #SynodSitIN by the power of...

October 14, 2015

Holy Fire & Brimstone! Archaeologists Unearth Sodom?

There are historically significant happenings you might be missing while you obsess about the fabulous...

October 13, 2015

Catholic Gore Galore on the Synod’s Sidelines

I've promised I'll keep away from commenting upon the Synod on the Family through my...

October 10, 2015

Reprint of the Year: Bloy’s The Woman Who Was Poor

St. Augustine's Press is probably familiar to you as a publisher of both new books,...

October 09, 2015

No Bible? Fine. No Liturgy? No Christianity.

For some of you the sentiments of the title for this piece might be as...

October 08, 2015

Cradle Catholic Open Letter: Stop Protestant-splaining #Synod15!

The letter and overly-earnest essay are the order of the day for apocalyptic-Protestant panicking about...

October 07, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Kenneth L. Woodward’s Rapid-Fire Reflections on Francis in America

I could not suppress my amusement when I ran across Kenneth L. Woodward's reactions to...

October 06, 2015

What Do the Popes Truly Say About Socialism?

Like the man who slays a son in his father's presence is he who...

October 05, 2015

Polish Gay Prelate Charamsa Sells Out Both Catholicism & Gay Rights

The coverage of the Pre-Synod coming out party of Monsignor Charamsa is amusingly chaotic. The...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

Why is THIS Pope Francis’s Hardest American Saying?

The roundups of the papal visit are making the rounds everywhere. There's much to celebrate,...

September 26, 2015

Pope Francis Inspires Kenny Rogers to Fold’Em Like Boehner

The big news yesterday was the House Speaker resigning after setting up the first ever...

September 25, 2015

Where Will the Spotlight Shine When Pope Francis Leaves?

It's difficult to find the right tone for a post like this. I come as...

September 24, 2015

The Pope Shepherds Together What American Politics Sunders

There is great amusement in following the news when the pope is in town. One...

September 23, 2015

2 Maps Show Why Pope Francis is Out of Place in the United States

There is no shortage of commentary about importance of Pope Francis finally visiting the United...

September 20, 2015

The Blood of St. Januarius Boils Over Every September

Catholicism is a strange religion, perhaps the most worldly of them all, if you...

September 19, 2015

1 Thing 2 Remember When Catholic Fox Anchor Tells Pope “Stay Home”

Brian Kilmeade is a "Catholic." Brian Kilmeade works for FOX News. If you think you're...

September 09, 2015

Florida Man Wants You to Buy a Christian Assault Rifle

The state of Florida attracts the most interesting criminal activity that there are now tumblr,...

September 02, 2015

New Historical Mists Shower Auschwitz with Hope

By now you might be past your knee-jerk reactions to the "showers" (misters, to be...

August 2015

August 17, 2015

The Newest News on the Authenticity of the Shroud of Turin

USA Today reports that new testing has pushed the Shroud of Turin back to...

August 10, 2015

U Mad (Papist) Bro?

Even though he didn't invent it, the Seattle Seahawks Stanford-educated cornerback, Richard Sherman, smartly pwnd...