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April 2016

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 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...

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...

January 13, 2016

Oh! You Pretty Things: Spotlight on David Bowie and Catholic Sex Scandals

NOTA BENE: I don't say anything here that would have caused shame to Bowie. Therefore...

January 12, 2016

God DOES Play Dice and Cheats?

I bet on completing a PhD in the humanities. Therefore, I am a betting man....

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...

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 29, 2015

Priest from Philippines Should’ve Been Suspended for Singing not Hoverboard

The Filipino priest's liturgical sin had more to do with harmony than locomotion. I...

December 22, 2015

5 Reasons Why the Jesuits are More Like the First Order than the Jedi Knights

I gave in to the merchandising juggernaut that is Star Wars VII on Saturday. There...

December 18, 2015

The Pope Who Revolutionized Catholic Dialogue with Islam

You might think it's Francis, but it's not. The Wheaton College affair seemed like a...

December 16, 2015

Wheaton College Professor Suspended for Expressing Catholic Position on Islam

Some of the best Catholic colleges are Protestant. This is the case in Seattle. Take,...

December 10, 2015

3 Ways Vatican’s ZooTV Exposes Modern Theology’s Weaknesses

The projections of animals and non-Catholic human-animals onto the facade of St. Peter's led to...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 9

What's not weak this week on Cosmos the in Lost. The booklists seem to be...

November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving: An American Celebration of a Deadly Sin?

I'm spiritual but not religious about Thanksgiving. I show up only once a year, go...

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...

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 28, 2015

Famous Atheists Who Weren’t Atheist: Sartre Eulogizes Merleau-Ponty

The "Famous Atheists" series is devoted to exposing prominent thinkers (Sartre, Camus, Heidegger, Irigaray), artists...

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 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 18, 2015

Cosmos: Weakened Edition, 3

Here's what's not weak this week! 1. Family Synod Conflict Is Not What You Think...

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 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...

September 2015

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...