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July 2017

July 06, 2017

Charlie Gard Is Going to Die

The Charlie Gard case is a hard case. There are legitimate concerns on all sides.

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Post-Execution Church: Rise Up from the Electric Chair!

I read this recent New York Times interview with people who have witnessed an act...

March 2017

March 03, 2017

Extraterrestrials Aren’t a Threat to Theology, Because They Aren’t New to the Ancient Church

I'm completely enthralled with the question, "Is there anybody out there?" --Fr. Brian Reedy SJ...

September 2016

September 02, 2016

Humility Turns Away the Liturgy Police

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

July 2016

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 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...

April 2016

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...

February 2016

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 10, 2016

God is with Humankind Right Down to the Cellar of Creaturely Existence

Thanks to “the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and His transformation of human existence...

January 2016

January 30, 2016

Sam Rocha’s Love Letter From a Sandwich

At a local deli I fell in love with a sandwich. This was a normal...

January 07, 2016

The Altar Girl Storm in a Teacup

I’m a former girl altar server. I served for eight years in my parish and...

January 04, 2016

Policing Double Standards: The Burns Militia & Black Lives Matter

The news of a militia standoff in Burns, Oregon is one of those things that...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church’s Porn Problem

It's kinda not what it sounds like. Today (the day I am writing) is December...

December 23, 2015

Advent With a Martyr: There Isn’t Great Chaos Between Heaven & Earth

That between heaven and earth there is no great chaos and no great silence or...

December 19, 2015

Add the Mean to Find the Seal

This week’s monthly mailbag comes from tattered tattoos I found on a walrus roaming my...

December 12, 2015

The Arab Ethnic Liberation Theology of Guadalupe

In loving memory of Fr. Sam Homsey C.PP.S. (1910 – 2004) As a teenager, I...

December 05, 2015

When Language Fails, Read the Instruction Manual

"A miracle, for Aquinas, is not a special presence of God . . ." --Herbert...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

American Conservatives Are, After All, What They Said They Were

Motto: "Please step forward to the rear!" This is an approximate translation of a request...

November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving as Forgiveness

“The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.” ―...

November 21, 2015

Dear Refugees: Come to my Home, Beat the Dog, Tear the Curtains

This week we read letters from Sam Rocha's monthly mailbag. 1st Reading: As the visions...

November 19, 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Immigration Lawyer & Pastor Explains the Refugee Process

Scott Hicks has practiced immigration law since 1995 and volunteered for many years before then....

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 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 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...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

On a Middle Class Pilgrimage

Kevin L. Hughes is Chair of the Humanities Department at Villanova University. He is the...

July 03, 2015

Francis’s Integral Ecology: A Bonaventuran Methadone For Our Technocratic Addictions

Kevin L. Hughes is Chair of the Humanities Department at Villanova University. He is the...

June 2015

June 21, 2015

A Catholic Worker Approach to Laudato Si’: Repent! Understand! Pray!

Bob Waldrop is the founder of the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House in Oklahoma City....

June 20, 2015

The Fatal Errors of Capitalism: Laudato Si’ & the Economy

Keith Michael Estrada is the founder of Students for a Fair Society at Franciscan University...

June 19, 2015

The Most Sophiological Encyclical of All: Michael Martin on Laudato Si’

MICHAEL MARTIN is Assistant Professor of English and Philosophy at Marygrove College. He is the...