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October 2013

October 16, 2013

Yes, He’s the Burying Kind

We should have buried Erich Priebke. Or rather, since protesters in Albano Laziale effectively derailed...

October 15, 2013

Who Moved My Chiesa: A Corporate Casualty’s Guide to Getting Along with Priests

Meghan and I are about the same age, but for several years, scarcely a day...

October 11, 2013

Thanking God for Crickets Thanking God

Late one evening a couple of months ago, when Valley nights were still sultry, I...

October 08, 2013

The Lazaruses Next Door: Finale

Softly, I told Chris I knew he and Laura had fought, that Laura was at...

October 08, 2013

The Lazaruses Next Door: Part One

I had just about fallen asleep Saturday night when I heard a breaking window, followed...

October 04, 2013

Fear of An Ambitious Laity

"Bean-counting" is a dead metaphor for most people, but a few years ago, on retreat,...

October 01, 2013

On Meeting a Young Drunk Again

The next time I saw him, it was about six in the morning. He was...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

On Seeing A Young Drunk

I can never remember his name, but I do remember his job: He's an employment...

September 23, 2013

The Church and the Cracked Kettle

My parish's associate pastor comes from the Phillipines. At Sunday Mass, I sit only about...

September 20, 2013

Are You A Blessed Imelda?

It was one of those happy misunderstandings I come by whenever I have to speed-read...

September 07, 2013

Is Big Father Watching Us?

In one scene from Annie Hall, Alvy (Woody Allen) finds his argument with Annie (Diane...

September 04, 2013

A Humorous Proposition

Never snort coke with a choleric. I learned that lesson during my misspent youth, which...

September 02, 2013

We’ve Got A Live One

The very day I wrote in praise of Catholic doodads, a friend of mine, having...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Where’s Allison Benedikt Leading Us?

Today in Slate, pour épater la bourgeoisie, Allison Benedikt tells her readers: "You are a...

August 27, 2013

Miley Cyrus and the Wisdom of Repugnance

Making the rounds on Facebook is a photo of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith...

August 24, 2013

What Bottum Got Right

Joseph Bottum's essay, "The Things We Share: A Catholic's Case for Gay Marriage," is long....

August 20, 2013

In Praise of Light

In In Praise of Shadow, Junichiro Tanizaki...well, praises shadow. He likes how partial darkness creates...

August 13, 2013

Rest Among the Catholic Doodads

The Catholic Doodad Shop -- not its real name -- stands kitty-corner from the L.A....

August 04, 2013

The Hidden Blessings of a Feminist Mother

Rod Dreher thinks Lynn Messina's a bad mother, and he thinks that's a hoot. In...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

The Day the Pope Said ‘Gay’

Fielding questions from the press on his way home from World Youth Day, Pope Francis...

July 25, 2013

Darn Tootin’ Pope Francis Is A Liberal

Last month, Elizabeth Scalia, my managing editor, proposed a moratorium on "liberal," "conservative," and suchlike...

July 22, 2013

Deluge

The clouds, low-hanging and swollen, were spilling in from the east and purpling the sky...

July 12, 2013

How It Feels to Be Received Like Christ

The first thing I noticed about the vocational discernment retreat was the median age of...

July 10, 2013

Francis’ Pontificate: No Rest for the Aesthetic-Minded?

You've got to hand it to Katrina Fernandez. Yesterday on the Crescat blog, she really...

July 05, 2013

Renunciations

For the better part of last month, my brain wouldn't work. Well, maybe that's putting...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Learning to Read Chesterton

A couple of days ago, in drawing a contrast to Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter's...

May 28, 2013

The Witness of Mary Elizabeth Williams

Salon staffer Mary Elizabeth Williams calls herself "a gay-friendly, feminist, pro-choice, bigmouthed practicing Catholic." In...

May 24, 2013

How’s That “Culture of Encounter” Workin’ for Ya?

On Wednesday, May 22, Pope Francis called on Catholics and non-Catholics to build a "culture...

May 12, 2013

My Mother: Muse and Proxy Fighter

Last Thursday at the office, right in the middle of her work day, my mother...

May 09, 2013

The Passion of Mr. B: A Salute to Bad Teachers

In honor of National Teacher Day, which was Tuesday, May 7, Slate is running an...

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