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October 2014

October 30, 2014

Speaking to the Homeless

Especially useful for those of you who live in cities: Ever Wonder What To Say...

October 30, 2014

Traditionalists On Francis

Various widely-reading friends have sent me lots of links to traditionalist Catholic articles on Pope Francis, which...

October 29, 2014

The Church’s Failure With the Unmarried

Appearing today on Aleteia, the first of my weekly columns for them: Single and Catholic. It begins:...

October 29, 2014

Sally Thomas’s Fallen Water

Advance notice for my friend Sally Thomas's new collection of poems, Fallen Water. Here's something from...

October 29, 2014

Ben Bradlee to the PR Flack

"Get lost," is basically what he said. Here's a letter from the famous editor of...

October 29, 2014

Drunken Utilitarians

Not dispositive, as lawyers say, but suggestive, from The Atlantic: Asking drunk people in a...

October 28, 2014

Daniel Berger Didn’t Do His Homework

"Pope Francis made a significant rhetorical break with Catholic tradition Monday by declaring that the...

October 28, 2014

Speaking as Children of Light

At his homily this morning at Santa Marta, Pope Francis, reports the CNA, "turned his reflection...

October 28, 2014

Episcopalianism’s “Credal Orthodoxy”

A small contribution to understanding one of the ecclesial communities, which may look more like...

October 27, 2014

Pennsylvania Porn

"The media has largely viewed the email scandal through this lens," writes Brandon McGinley of...

October 27, 2014

The Family is Being Bastardized

Part of his Machivellian scheme, said a friend, parodying certain Catholics who are convinced no...

October 27, 2014

Hilary’s Worrisome Economics

"Don't let anyone tell you that it's corporations and businesses that create jobs," Hilary Clinton...

October 27, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 11

"Thomas Docherty was banned from the University of Warwick in January," reports the Daily Telegraph, "for...

October 26, 2014

It’s a Funny Old World 10

Though this one probably should be titled "Why People Make Fun of Christians." From Mediaite:...

October 26, 2014

Vows, Conscience & the Consequences

Reading an email friend's message about a pilgrimage he's on reminded me of this passage...

October 24, 2014

Loving the Truth

From the Ronald Knox Society, a perhaps useful quote from his A Retreat for Lay...

October 24, 2014

Defend Him Against All Hazards: Newman on the Pope

"It is the rule of Christ's providence, that what His Vicar does in severity or...

October 23, 2014

Michael Voris Apologizes

This is surprising, and very cheering: Michael Voris apologizes for unintentionally seeming to attack the...

October 23, 2014

The Jews’ Silent Exodus

A short (6 1/2 minute) movie on the Jewish refugees for Muslim countries. Silent Exodus:...

October 22, 2014

The Dangers of Autocorrect

A young friend who applies for jobs from his phone — this is apparently normal...

October 22, 2014

Newman’s Rules for Preachers

Something I wrote a couple of years ago readers may find useful. Here are John...

October 21, 2014

Pat Buchanan’s Dishonesty

Not unsurprisingly, Pat Buchanan has teed off on Pope Francis, and he has done so...

October 21, 2014

Dogs & Cats in Moderation

My friend Father David Poecking writes, in response to a Facebook exchange being me and...

October 21, 2014

The Artist is Not Exactly First an Artist

Years ago I mentioned to an Evangelical friend over coffee at church that my then-fiance and...

October 20, 2014

Notre Dame Cheated

Cheated of victory, I mean. I have no dog in this hunt, except for a...

October 20, 2014

Heroes: Jerzy Popieluszko, Who Died Thirty Years Ago This Week

It is good to be reminded that there are heroes in the world, and a...

October 19, 2014

Heroes: Wide-Eyed But Successful

Last night, spurred by the opening of the new Karl Stern archives at Duquesne University,...

October 19, 2014

Medieval Virginity, Modern Mayhem

From the learned Father John Hunwicke, one of those learned people who turn his learning to insight, the...

October 18, 2014

Cardinal Kasper’s Revealing Response

A respondent to Cardinal Kasper meets an untamed journalist sends a good question from Matthew...

October 17, 2014

Cardinal Kasper Meets an Untamed Journalist

In Kasper's Bad Excuse, I quoted the German website Kath.net's report on Cardinal Kasper's implausible...

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