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September 2015

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 22, 2015

13 Incredible Pope Francis Facts the Left, Right, & Pious Media Won’t Tell You!

I can predict the media coverage of #PopeInUS will be as tired as Julius II...

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,...

August 2015

August 12, 2015

Pope Francis Gets Boost from Leading Cultural Marxist Publisher!

If you're one of those people who wastes time railing against entities belonging to a...

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 17, 2015

Capitalists Should Be Nervous: A Response to Fr. Robert Barron on Laudato Si’

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

July 13, 2015

St. Paul & Pope Francis Say SHIT to Their Congregations

Pope Francis has been talking crap about capitalism again. According to The Guardian, the pontiff...

July 08, 2015

NO JOKE: Pope Francis to be Tried by Re-Established Sanhedrin!

I found the weirdest piece of news on my day off from my new temp...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

Zoltan Istvan 2016: Transhumanist Anti-Nature is Now Mainstream

If you think Zoloft was a HUGE breakthrough, then you haven't seen nothing yet....

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 18, 2015

The Official Edition of Laudato Si’ is Now Available

The final and official edition of Laudato Si' is now available online through the Vatican...

June 16, 2015

Previewing Laudato Si’: Anthony Annett on Integral Ecology

Anthony Annett is a climate change and sustainable development advisor at the Earth Institute (Columbia...

June 15, 2015

Draft of Pope Francis’ /Laudato Si/ Encyclical Leaked Today

I once made a joke of using Benedict XVI quotes as leaked pieces of the...

June 02, 2015

Santorum to CHEMIST Pope Francis: “Leave Science to the Scientists!”

Here's hyper-Republican ideologue Rick Santorum on Pope Francis (and climate change) in a radio interview...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Francis, Break My Church Like the Eucharist

Ross Douthat specializes in writing very, very, very long pieces recycling the old secular-sociological theory that...

April 2015

April 02, 2015

Pope Francis and Kristeva Celebrate JP2’s Suffering With Joy

Today Pope Francis celebrated the 10th anniversary of John Paul II's passing with the following...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

2nd Year Summary: 3 Things I Love (& 1 Not So Much) About the Francis Papacy

Anniversaries are traditionally reserved for tallying gains and losses. It's hard to believe...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

Dare We Hope That All Dogs Go To Heaven?

Dare we hope that all dogs go to heaven? Sure, why not? Though there's no...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Doubt Douthat’s Donatist Precipice

Ross Douthat's "The Pope and Precipice" has received plenty of attention of late. Rod Dreher...

July 2014

July 12, 2014

Papal World Cup Final 2014: Argentina is on God’s Side #QED

Above are the Catholic numbers for this 2014 World Cup Final. What can we learn...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

No More Throne and Altar: St. JP2 on Inequality is the Root of Social Evil

Pope Francis caused a storm of controversy with the tweet, "Inequality is the root of social...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Quick Catholic Ch-Ch-Ch Changes: Pope Francis Does a Phil Jenkins

It seems that the changes in the Catholic Church under Pope Francis are proving Philip...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Goodbye Cosmos! Francis the Silenus Speaks in Parables

Pope Francis and I would like to thank you for your enthusiasm and support for...

January 08, 2014

Apart from… What has Illiberal Catholicism Done for Us?

The John Zmirak piece about "Illiberal Catholicism" has proven to be a great catalyst for...

January 01, 2014

The Pope’s Sympathy for the Devil

The pope's resurrection of Devil talk is one of the most appealing aspects of his...

October 2013

October 02, 2013

The Eviscerated Public Square

When you accumulate books there is always that one which you've meant to read for...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Is the Pope Protestant? (On the Propes)

I'd like to get back to the topic of ultramontanism I broached two days ago...